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Birthday February 11, 1776

• The temperature on February 11, 1776 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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
  • January 10 » American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
  • 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.
  • June 8 » American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
  • 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.
  • October 11 » American Revolution: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.
  • November 20 » American Revolutionary War: British forces land at the Palisades and then attack Fort Lee. The Continental Army starts to retreat across New Jersey.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1764 » Joseph Chénier, French poet and playwright († 1811)
• 1776 » Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek politician, 1st Governor of Greece († 1831)
• 1800 » Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer and politician, invented the calotype († 1877)
• 1802 » Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist († 1880)
• 1805 » Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, Native American-French Canadian explorer († 1866)
• 1812 » Alexander H. Stephens, American lawyer and politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America († 1883)