Genealogy Haring » Joannes van Gotum (1787-????)

Birthday February 15, 1787

• The temperature on February 15, 1787 was about 6.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. 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 1787: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 11 » William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
  • January 25 » Shays's Rebellion: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the Springfield Armory, results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty.
  • February 3 » Militia led by General Benjamin Lincoln crush the remnants of Shays' Rebellion in Petersham, Massachusetts.
  • May 13 » Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
  • July 13 » The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery.
  • December 7 » Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1797 » Henry E. Steinway, German-American businessman, founded Steinway & Sons († 1871)
• 1809 » André Dumont, Belgian geologist and academic († 1857)
• 1809 » Cyrus McCormick, American journalist and businessman, co-founded International Harvester († 1884)
• 1810 » Mary S. B. Shindler, American poet, writer, and editor († 1883)
• 1811 » Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Argentinian journalist and politician, 7th President of Argentina († 1888)
• 1812 » Charles Lewis Tiffany, American businessman, founded Tiffany & Co. († 1902)