Family tree Van Melzen-Van Melsen » Maria Andries Koster (1776-1783)

Birthday July 23, 1776

• The temperature on July 23, 1776 was about 18.0 °C. There was 70 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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 » General George Washington hoists the first United States flag; the Grand Union Flag at Prospect Hill.
  • April 12 » American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.
  • May 15 » American Revolution: The Fifth Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence.
  • 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 2 » The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
  • December 7 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1773 » Thomas Brisbane, Scottish general and politician, 6th Governor of New South Wales († 1860)
• 1775 » Étienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician († 1812)
• 1777 » Philipp Otto Runge, German painter and illustrator († 1810)
• 1796 » Franz Berwald, Swedish surgeon and composer († 1868)
• 1802 » Manuel María Lombardini, Mexican general and president (1853) († 1853)
• 1823 » Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Canadian archbishop and missionary († 1894)