March 4 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
June 11 » The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
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.
September 17 » The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain.
September 21 » Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.
October 28 » American Revolutionary War: British troops attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Continental Army.
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin: Marjo van Leeuwen, "Family tree Van Leeuwen-Van der Speck en vele anderen", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-van-leeuwen-van-der-speck/R7952.php : accessed May 10, 2025), "Cornelius van Steenoven (1776-????)".
Copy warning
Genealogical publications are copyright protected. Although data is often retrieved from public archives, the searching, interpreting, collecting, selecting and sorting of the data results in a unique product. Copyright protected work may not simply be copied or republished.
Please stick to the following rules
Request permission to copy data or at least inform the author, chances are that the author gives permission, often the contact also leads to more exchange of data.
Do not use this data until you have checked it, preferably at the source (the archives).
State from whom you have copied the data and ideally also his/her original source.