FutureHistory » Joannes Jacobus Vermeulen (1776-????)

Birthday March 23, 1776

• The temperature on March 23, 1776 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 1776: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 10 » American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
  • May 19 » American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.
  • June 15 » Delaware Separation Day: Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
  • July 4 » American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
  • July 8 » Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
  • November 16 » American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1732 » Princess Marie Adélaïde of France († 1800)
• 1749 » Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer († 1827)
• 1750 » Johannes Matthias Sperger, Austrian bassist and composer († 1812)
• 1754 » Jurij Vega, Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer († 1802)
• 1769 » Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general and diplomat († 1832)
• 1769 » William Smith, English geologist and cartographer († 1839)