Family tree Trox » Derk Arends Warssen (1776-????)

Birthday August 25, 1776

• The temperature on August 25, 1776 was about 16.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1 » American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
  • June 7 » Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion is seconded by John Adams and will lead to the United States Declaration of Independence.
  • July 2 » American Revolution: The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not published until July 4.
  • 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.
  • October 11 » American Revolution: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.
  • December 7 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1758 » Franz Teyber, Austrian organist and composer († 1810)
• 1767 » Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, French soldier and politician († 1794)
• 1776 » Thomas Bladen Capel, English admiral († 1853)
• 1786 » Ludwig I of Bavaria († 1868)
• 1796 » James Lick, American carpenter and piano builder († 1876)
• 1802 » Nikolaus Lenau, Romanian-Austrian poet and author († 1850)