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Birthday September 7, 1776

• The temperature on September 7, 1776 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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
  • February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
  • March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
  • April 6 » American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.
  • July 2 » American Revolution: The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not published until July 4.
  • July 4 » American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1777 » Heinrich Stölzel, German horn player and composer († 1844)
• 1791 » Giuseppe Gioachino Belli, Italian poet and author († 1863)
• 1795 » John William Polidori, English physician and author († 1821)
• 1801 » Sarel Cilliers, South African preacher and activist (d.1871)
• 1803 » William Knibb, English Baptist minister and Jamaican missionary (d.1845)
• 1807 » Henry Sewell, English lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1879)