Family tree Velthuis-Delissen » Gijsbert van Zadelhoff (1776-1777)

Christening day September 22, 1776

• The temperature on September 22, 1776 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. 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
  • March 28 » Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
  • July 4 » American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
  • August 31 » William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
  • 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 21 » Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.
  • December 19 » Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".

Day of death January 17, 1777

• The temperature on January 17, 1777 was about 2.0 °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 1777: Source: Wikipedia
  • October 4 » American Revolutionary War: Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under William Howe.
  • October 6 » American Revolutionary War: British forces capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery on the Hudson River.
  • October 17 » American Revolutionary War: British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army at Saratoga, New York.
  • November 17 » Articles of Confederation (United States) are submitted to the states for ratification.
  • November 29 » San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.
  • December 17 » American Revolution: France formally recognizes the United States.

Day of burial January 21, 1777

• The temperature on January 21, 1777 was about 0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. 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 1777: Source: Wikipedia
  • June 13 » American Revolutionary War: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina, in order to help the Continental Congress to train its army.
  • September 19 » American Revolutionary War: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the First Battle of Saratoga.
  • October 22 » American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank.
  • November 15 » American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of debate the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation.
  • December 17 » American Revolution: France formally recognizes the United States.
  • December 24 » Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1718 » Benjamin Church, American colonel (b. 1639)
• 1737 » Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (b. 1662)
• 1738 » Jean-François Dandrieu, French organist and composer (b. 1682)
• 1751 » Tomaso Albinoni, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1671)
• 1826 » Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish-French composer (b. 1806)
• 1834 » Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1762)