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Birthday February 20, 1780

• The temperature on February 20, 1780 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. 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 1780: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 19 » New England's Dark Day, an unusual darkening of the day sky, was observed over the New England states and parts of Canada.
  • September 11 » American Revolutionary War: Sugarloaf Massacre: A small detachment of militia from Northampton County are attacked by Native Americans and Loyalists near Little Nescopeck Creek.
  • September 21 » American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.
  • October 7 » American Revolutionary War: American militia defeat royalist irregulars led by British major Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.
  • October 10 » The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean.
  • December 14 » Founding Father Alexander Hamilton marries Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton at the Schuyler Mansion in Albany, New York

Source: Wikipedia

• 1759 » Johann Christian Reil, German physician, physiologist, and anatomist († 1813)
• 1774 » Vicente Sebastián Pintado, Spanish cartographer, engineer, military officer and land surveyor of Spanish Louisiana and Spanish West Florida († 1829)
• 1784 » Judith Montefiore, British linguist, travel writer, philanthropist († 1862)
• 1792 » Eliza Courtney, French daughter of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire († 1859)
• 1794 » William Carleton, Irish author († 1869)
• 1802 » Charles Auguste de Bériot, Belgian violinist and composer († 1870)