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Birthday January 16, 1776

• The temperature on January 16, 1776 was about -2 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: 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 1776: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 1 » General George Washington hoists the first United States flag; the Grand Union Flag at Prospect Hill.
  • March 17 » American Revolution: The British Army evacuates Boston, ending the Siege of Boston, after George Washington and Henry Knox place artillery in positions overlooking the city.
  • April 12 » American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.
  • May 4 » Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1728 » Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer and educator († 1800)
• 1749 » Vittorio Alfieri, Italian poet and playwright († 1803)
• 1757 » Richard Goodwin Keats, English admiral and politician, 3rd Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland († 1834)
• 1807 » Charles Henry Davis, American admiral († 1877)
• 1815 » Henry Halleck, American lawyer, general, and scholar († 1872)
• 1821 » John C. Breckinridge, American general and politician, 14th Vice President of the United States († 1875)