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Birthday December 3, 1777

• The temperature on December 3, 1777 was about 7.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. 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 1777: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 2 » American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of George Washington repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey.
  • April 13 » American Revolutionary War: American forces are ambushed and defeated in the Battle of Bound Brook, New Jersey.
  • April 26 » Sybil Ludington, aged 16, rode 40 miles (64km) to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British regular forces
  • June 13 » American Revolutionary War: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina, in order to help the Continental Congress to train its army.
  • September 26 » American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia.
  • December 24 » Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1729 » Antonio Soler, Spanish composer and theorist († 1783)
• 1730 » Mahadaji Shinde, Maratha ruler of Gwalior († 1794)
• 1755 » Gilbert Stuart, American painter († 1828)
• 1793 » Clarkson Frederick Stanfield, English painter and academic († 1867)
• 1800 » France Prešeren, Slovenian poet and lawyer († 1849)
• 1810 » Louisa Susannah Cheves McCord, American author and political essayist († 1879)