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Birthday March 9, 1777

• The temperature on March 9, 1777 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly 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 1777: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 27 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Ridgefield: A British invasion force engages and defeats Continental Army regulars and militia irregulars at Ridgefield, Connecticut.
  • September 11 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Brandywine: The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
  • October 4 » American Revolutionary War: Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under William Howe.
  • November 29 » San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.
  • December 16 » Virginia becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation. [1]
  • December 18 » The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking the recent victory by the American rebels over British General John Burgoyne at Saratoga in October.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1749 » Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, French journalist and politician († 1791)
• 1753 » Jean-Baptiste Kléber, French general († 1800)
• 1758 » Franz Joseph Gall, German neuroanatomist and physiologist († 1828)
• 1763 » William Cobbett, English journalist and author († 1835)
• 1806 » Edwin Forrest, American actor and philanthropist († 1872)
• 1814 » Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet and playwright († 1861)