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.
March 4 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
June 12 » The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
July 8 » Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
July 9 » George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out to members of the Continental Army in Manhattan, while thousands of British troops on Staten Island prepare for the Battle of Long Island.
July 12 » Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
August 2 » The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
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
January 1 » American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
March 28 » Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
April 12 » American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.
July 12 » Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
August 31 » William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
September 21 » Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.
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