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Day of death December 3, 1776

• The temperature on December 3, 1776 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. 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
  • January 1 » General George Washington hoists the first United States flag; the Grand Union Flag at Prospect Hill.
  • May 15 » American Revolution: The Fifth Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence.
  • June 8 » American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
  • August 2 » The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
  • August 31 » William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
  • September 11 » British–American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1815 » John Carroll, American archbishop (b. 1735)
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