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Birthday March 11, 1777

• The temperature on March 11, 1777 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-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.
  • January 3 » American General George Washington defeats British General Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.
  • 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."
  • September 19 » American Revolutionary War: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the First Battle of Saratoga.
  • October 4 » American Revolutionary War: Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under William Howe.
  • October 6 » American Revolutionary War: British forces capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery on the Hudson River.

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• 1745 » Bodawpaya, Burmese king († 1819)
• 1785 » John McLean, American jurist and politician, 6th United States Postmaster General († 1861)
• 1787 » Ivan Nabokov, Russian general († 1852)
• 1806 » Louis Boulanger, French Romantic painter, lithographer and illustrator († 1867)
• 1811 » Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician and astronomer († 1877)
• 1815 » Anna Bochkoltz, German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer († 1879)