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Birthday June 4, 1787

• The temperature on June 4, 1787 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: 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 1787: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 25 » Shays's Rebellion: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the Springfield Armory, results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty.
  • May 13 » Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
  • July 13 » The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery.
  • August 6 » Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • September 17 » The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
  • October 1 » Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1754 » Franz Xaver von Zach, Slovak astronomer and academic († 1832)
• 1754 » Miguel de Azcuénaga, Argentinian soldier († 1833)
• 1787 » Constant Prévost, French geologist and academic († 1856)
• 1801 » James Pennethorne, English architect, designed Victoria Park († 1871)
• 1821 » Apollon Maykov, Russian poet and playwright († 1897)
• 1829 » Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna († 1903)