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Birthday September 1, 1776

• The temperature on September 1, 1776 was about 19.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 1776: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 2 » American Revolutionary War: Patriot militia units arrest the Royal Governor of Georgia James Wright and attempt to prevent capture of supply ships in the Battle of the Rice Boats.
  • March 28 » Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
  • June 8 » American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
  • June 11 » The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
  • August 31 » William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
  • September 7 » According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1711 » William IV, Prince of Orange († 1759)
• 1726 » Johann Becker, German organist, composer, and educator († 1803)
• 1795 » James Gordon Bennett Sr., American publisher, founded the New York Herald († 1872)
• 1799 » Ferenc Gyulay, Hungarian-Austrian commander and politician († 1868)
• 1811 » James Montgomrey, Leader and important benefactor of his home town of Brentford, England († 1883)
• 1818 » José María Castro Madriz, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, 1st President of Costa Rica († 1892)