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Birthday January 8, 1776

• The temperature on January 8, 1776 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. 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
  • May 1 » Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt, Upper Bavaria, by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt.
  • June 11 » The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
  • June 12 » The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
  • June 15 » Delaware Separation Day: Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
  • September 11 » British–American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
  • November 16 » American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1763 » Edmond-Charles Genêt, French-American translator and diplomat († 1834)
• 1786 » Nicholas Biddle, American banker and financier († 1844)
• 1788 » Rudolf of Austria, Austrian archduke and archbishop († 1831)
• 1792 » Lowell Mason, American composer and educator († 1872)
• 1805 » John Bigler, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 3rd Governor of California († 1871)
• 1805 » Orson Hyde, American religious leader, 3rd President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles († 1878)