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Birthday February 7, 1776

• The temperature on February 7, 1776 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer 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 1776: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 4 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
  • May 4 » Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
  • 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 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
  • November 16 » American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.
  • December 19 » Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".

Source: Wikipedia

• 1741 » Henry Fuseli, Swiss-English painter and academic († 1825)
• 1758 » Benedikt Schack, Czech tenor and composer († 1826)
• 1796 » Thomas Gregson, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Tasmania (baptism date; d. 1874)
• 1802 » Louisa Jane Hall, American poet, essayist, and literary critic († 1892)
• 1804 » John Deere, American blacksmith and businessman, founded Deere & Company († 1886)
• 1812 » Charles Dickens, English novelist and critic († 1870)