Richard Montgomery

Richard Montgomery was an Irish-born American military officer who first served in the British Army. He later became a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and he is most famous for leading the unsuccessful 1775 invasion of northeastern Quebec.

2 December 1738

Born on the same birth day (2 December): Anna G. Jónasdóttir • Bibiana Candelas • Cahir Healy • Carlo Furno • Chris Wolstenholme • Deb Haaland • Elizabeth Berg (author) • Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu • Eugene Jeter • Harry Reid • Jason Collins • John Banks (New Zealand politician) • Kelefa Diallo • Manohar Joshi • Ralph Beard • Taisto Mäki • Wynton Kelly • Yusuf Akçura • Yvonne Catterfeld

Born in the same month (December 1738): Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis • Jan Antonín Koželuh