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Birthday February 17, 1778

• The temperature on February 17, 1778 was about -0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly north by east. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw. 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
  • January 18 » James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".
  • February 6 » American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic.
  • February 6 » New York became the third state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
  • February 9 » Rhode Island becomes the fourth US state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
  • July 4 » American Revolutionary War: U.S. forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign.
  • December 29 » American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1740 » Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, Swiss physicist and meteorologist († 1799)
• 1752 » Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German author and playwright († 1831)
• 1754 » Nicolas Baudin, French cartographer and explorer († 1803)
• 1758 » John Pinkerton, Scottish antiquarian, cartographer, author, numismatist and historian († 1826)
• 1781 » René Laennec, French physician, invented the stethoscope († 1826)
• 1796 » Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist († 1866)