Family tree Lars Werner » Jean GERBER (1777-????)

Birthday September 7, 1777

• The temperature on September 7, 1777 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1777: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 8 » Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.
  • July 7 » American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton.
  • July 31 » The U.S. Second Continental Congress passes a resolution that the services of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette "be accepted, and that, in consideration of his zeal, illustrious family and connexions, he have the rank and commission of major-general of the United States."
  • August 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Americans led by General John Stark rout British and Brunswick troops under Friedrich Baum at the Battle of Bennington in Walloomsac, New York.
  • September 26 » American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia.
  • December 17 » American Revolution: France formally recognizes the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1777 » Heinrich Stölzel, German horn player and composer († 1844)
• 1791 » Giuseppe Gioachino Belli, Italian poet and author († 1863)
• 1795 » John William Polidori, English physician and author († 1821)
• 1801 » Sarel Cilliers, South African preacher and activist (d.1871)
• 1803 » William Knibb, English Baptist minister and Jamaican missionary (d.1845)
• 1807 » Henry Sewell, English lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1879)