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 27 » American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • March 2 » American Revolutionary War: Patriot militia units arrest the Royal Governor of Georgia James Wright and attempt to prevent capture of supply ships in the Battle of the Rice Boats.
  • April 6 » American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.
  • June 15 » Delaware Separation Day: Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
  • August 27 » Battle of Long Island: In what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.
  • October 28 » American Revolutionary War: British troops attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Continental Army.

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)