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Birthday February 4, 1777

• The temperature on February 4, 1777 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly 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.
  • June 14 » The Second Continental Congress passes the Flag Act of 1777 adopting the Stars and Stripes as the Flag of the United States.
  • July 31 » The U.S. Second Continental Congress passes a resolution that the services of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette "be accepted, and that, in consideration of his zeal, illustrious family and connexions, he have the rank and commission of major-general of the United States."
  • October 22 » American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank.
  • December 24 » Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1725 » Dru Drury, English entomologist and author († 1804)
• 1740 » Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet and composer († 1795)
• 1778 » Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Swiss botanist, mycologist, and academic († 1841)
• 1799 » Almeida Garrett, Portuguese journalist and author († 1854)
• 1818 » Emperor Norton, San Francisco eccentric and visionary († 1880)
• 1831 » Oliver Ames, American financier and politician, 35th Governor of Massachusetts († 1895)