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Birthday June 9, 1776

• The temperature on June 9, 1776 was about 14.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south. 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
  • March 9 » The Wealth of Nations by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith is published.
  • March 28 » Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
  • May 15 » American Revolution: The Fifth Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence.
  • July 8 » Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
  • August 31 » William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
  • November 16 » American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1732 » Giuseppe Demachi, Italian violinist and composer († 1791)
• 1754 » Francis Mackenzie, 1st Baron Seaforth, English general and politician, Governor of Barbados († 1815)
• 1768 » Samuel Slater, English-American engineer and businessman († 1835)
• 1781 » George Stephenson, English engineer, designed the Liverpool and Manchester Railway († 1848)
• 1810 » Otto Nicolai, German composer and conductor († 1849)
• 1812 » Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer and academic († 1910)