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): Abdul Razzaq (cricketer) • Alan Henderson • Arvo Askola • Charles H. Wesley • Dan Jenkins • David Macaulay • Dionysis Savvopoulos • Elias Lindholm • John Cobb (racing driver) • John Wesley Ryles • Maria Callas • Michael McIndoe • Renee Montgomery • Sim Bhullar • William Cooper (judge)

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