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Birthday January 27, 1778

• The temperature on January 27, 1778 was about -6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. 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 14 » The United States flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte renders a nine gun salute to USSRanger, commanded by John Paul Jones.
  • 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 3 » American Revolutionary War: Iroquois allied to Britain kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
  • July 28 » Constitution of the province of Cantabria ratified at the Assembly Hall in Bárcena la Puente, Reocín, Spain.
  • August 21 » American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry.
  • September 7 » American Revolutionary War: France invades Dominica in the British West Indies, before Britain is even aware of France's involvement in the war.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1756 » Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian pianist and composer († 1791)
• 1775 » Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, German-Swiss philosopher and academic († 1854)
• 1790 » Juan Álvarez, Mexican general and president (1855) († 1867)
• 1795 » Eli Whitney Blake, American engineer, invented the Mortise lock († 1886)
• 1803 » Eunice Hale Waite Cobb, American writer, public speaker, and activist († 1880)
• 1805 » Maria Anna of Bavaria († 1877)