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Birthday July 30, 1776

• The temperature on July 30, 1776 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. 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
  • April 6 » American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.
  • May 19 » American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.
  • June 7 » Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion is seconded by John Adams and will lead to the United States Declaration of Independence.
  • July 2 » American Revolution: The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not published until July 4.
  • July 9 » George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out to members of the Continental Army in Manhattan, while thousands of British troops on Staten Island prepare for the Battle of Long Island.
  • September 17 » The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1751 » Maria Anna Mozart, Austrian pianist († 1829)
• 1763 » Samuel Rogers, English poet and art collector († 1855)
• 1809 » Charles Chiniquy, Canadian-American priest and theologian († 1899)
• 1818 » Emily Brontë, English novelist and poet († 1848)
• 1818 » Jan Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, 16th and 19th Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 1897)
• 1825 » Chaim Aronson, Lithuanian engineer and author († 1893)