Family tree Rogier » Johannes VASTABEND (1775-????)

Birthday July 2, 1775

• The temperature on July 2, 1775 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: wat dauw. 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 1775: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 18 » American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.
  • June 11 » The American Revolutionary War's first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel.
  • July 5 » The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
  • July 26 » The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress. Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office as Postmaster General.
  • July 27 » Founding of the U.S. Army Medical Department: The Second Continental Congress passes legislation establishing "an hospital for an army consisting of 20,000 men."
  • October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1797 » Francisco Javier Echeverría, Mexican businessman and politician. President of Mexico (1841) († 1852)
• 1819 » Charles-Louis Hanon, French pianist and composer († 1900)
• 1820 » George Law Curry, American publisher and politician, 5th Governor of the Oregon Territory († 1878)
• 1820 » Juan N. Méndez, Mexican general and interim president, 1876-1877 († 1894)
• 1821 » Charles Tupper, Canadian physician and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Canada († 1915)
• 1825 » Émile Ollivier, French statesman († 1913)