Sybil Ludington

Sybil Ludington was an alleged heroine of the American Revolutionary War, though modern accounts dispute this. On April 26, 1777, at age 16, Ludington, the daughter of a colonel in the Colonial militia, Henry Ludington, is said to have made an all-night horseback ride 40 miles (64 km) to rally militia forces in neighboring towns after the burning of Danbury, Connecticut, by British forces.

5 April 1761

Born on the same birth day (5 April): Aleksei Budõlin • Alfred Blalock • Aykut Kocaman • Daniel Majstorović • Dejan Kelhar • Enzo Cannavale • Habib Elghanian • Marie Jules César Savigny • Nikita Demidov • Paul Weinstein (athlete) • Pierre Nihant • Rafael Cavalcante • Solange d'Ayen • Valeria Straneo

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