geboren: 11 aug 1776; gedoopt: 18 aug 1776; kind: Janna; vader: Adriaan de Kock; moeder: Maatje Dirks[dr Gijsbrechtsz]; opmerkingen: getuigen Pieter de Kock en Sara Krouwel.; scannr: 313.
The temperature on August 11, 1776 was about 18.0 °C. There was 24 mm of rainWind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 1 » American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
April 6 » American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.
May 19 » American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.
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.
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.
November 16 » American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.
Christening day August 18, 1776
The temperature on August 18, 1776 was about 18.0 °C. There was 73 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: regen omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
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.
June 28 » American Revolutionary War: Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
July 12 » Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
August 10 » American Revolutionary War: Word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
September 17 » The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain.
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