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
  • June 8 » American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
  • June 28 » American Revolutionary War: Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
  • July 12 » Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
  • September 7 » According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).
  • September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
  • September 22 » Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution.

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)