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Birthday March 20, 1776

• The temperature on March 20, 1776 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: 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 1776: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 12 » American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.
  • August 2 » The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
  • September 7 » According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).
  • September 15 » American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.
  • November 29 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
  • December 25 » George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River at night to attack Hessian forces serving Great Britain at Trenton, New Jersey, the next day.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1771 » Heinrich Clauren, German author († 1854)
• 1796 » Edward Gibbon Wakefield, English politician († 1862)
• 1799 » Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet and author († 1839)
• 1800 » Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, President of Costa Rica († 1845)
• 1805 » Thomas Cooper, British poet († 1892)
• 1811 » Napoleon II, French emperor († 1832)