RanHam Tree » Archibald Sexton (1751-1778)

Day of death January 26, 1778

• The temperature on January 26, 1778 was about -5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. 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 1778: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 6 » New York became the third state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
  • June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The American Continentals engage the British in the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse resulting in standstill and British withdrawal under cover of darkness.
  • July 28 » Constitution of the province of Cantabria ratified at the Assembly Hall in Bárcena la Puente, Reocín, Spain.
  • September 17 » The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe.
  • September 19 » The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.
  • December 29 » American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1795 » Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German harpsichord player and composer (b. 1732)
• 1799 » Gabriel Christie, Scottish general (b. 1722)
• 1823 » Edward Jenner, English physician and immunologist (b. 1749)