Family tree Morales Abeln » James Gilchrist Cochrane (1778-????)

Birthday September 22, 1778

• The temperature on September 22, 1778 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: nevel omtrent helder. 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
  • February 6 » American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic.
  • February 6 » New York became the third state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
  • February 14 » The United States flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte renders a nine gun salute to USSRanger, commanded by John Paul Jones.
  • June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The American Continentals engage the British in the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse resulting in standstill and British withdrawal under cover of darkness.
  • 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.

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• 1741 » Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist and botanist († 1811)
• 1743 » Quintin Craufurd, Scottish author († 1819)
• 1762 » Elizabeth Simcoe, English-Canadian painter and author († 1850)
• 1765 » Paolo Ruffini, Italian mathematician and philosopher († 1822)
• 1788 » Theodore Hook, English composer and educator († 1841)
• 1791 » Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist († 1867)