Wortel 1777, 1 martij Staeckheuvel Baptizatus est Joannes Petrus filius Adriani Versmissen et Joannae Mariae Michilssen ex Ravels Conjugum Susceptorus Adrianus Huijgen et Henrica Haren.
Het Rijksarchief in België, Parochieregisters. Provincie Antwerpen (digitaal). Wortel (Hoogstraten), parochie Sint-Jan-Baptist, Doopakten (scan 75/149)
April 13 » American Revolutionary War: American forces are ambushed and defeated in the Battle of Bound Brook, New Jersey.
July 6 » American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
August 6 » American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.
October 4 » American Revolutionary War: Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under William Howe.
October 7 » American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights.
December 24 » Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook.
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