geboren: 11 maa 1776; gedoopt: 17 maa 1776; kind: Jan; vader: Maarten Bal; moeder: Elizabeth Hendriksche Holland; opmerkingen: getuigen Jan Bal en Jannetje Pieters van Steen.; scannr: 312.
January 27 » American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
June 12 » The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
August 2 » The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
August 31 » William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
September 22 » Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution.
December 5 » Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the U.S., holds its first meeting at the College of William & Mary.
Christening day March 17, 1776
The temperature on March 17, 1776 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. Source: KNMI
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