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Birthday June 28, 1778

• The temperature on June 28, 1778 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1778: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 18 » James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".
  • February 5 » South Carolina becomes the second state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
  • July 4 » American Revolutionary War: U.S. forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign.
  • September 17 » The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe.
  • November 11 » Cherry Valley massacre: Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces attack a fort and village in eastern New York during the American Revolutionary War, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers.
  • December 29 » American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1734 » Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier, French organist and composer († 1794)
• 1742 » William Hooper, American physician, lawyer, and politician († 1790)
• 1824 » Paul Broca, French physician, anatomist, and anthropologist († 1880)
• 1825 » Emil Erlenmeyer, German chemist († 1909)
• 1831 » Joseph Joachim, Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor († 1907)
• 1836 » Emmanuel Rhoides, Greek journalist and author († 1904)