Vries/van der Lijn » Gerardus Muntz (1776-????)

Birthday September 27, 1776

• The temperature on September 27, 1776 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. 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 17 » American Revolution: The British Army evacuates Boston, ending the Siege of Boston, after George Washington and Henry Knox place artillery in positions overlooking the city.
  • 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.
  • July 9 » George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out to members of the Continental Army in Manhattan, while thousands of British troops on Staten Island prepare for the Battle of Long Island.
  • July 12 » Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
  • September 15 » American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.
  • November 16 » American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1739 » Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock, Irish politician († 1767)
• 1765 » Antoine Philippe de La Trémoille, French general († 1794)
• 1772 » Martha Jefferson Randolph, daughter of Thomas Jefferson who had twelve children († 1836)
• 1783 » Agustín de Iturbide, Mexican royalist turned insurgent; first emperor of Mexico († 1824)
• 1803 » Samuel Francis Du Pont, American admiral († 1865)
• 1805 » George Müller, German-English evangelist and missionary, founded the Ashley Down Orphanage († 1898)