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Birthday April 6, 1776

• The temperature on April 6, 1776 was about 7.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly north. 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 1776: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 1 » General George Washington hoists the first United States flag; the Grand Union Flag at Prospect Hill.
  • March 9 » The Wealth of Nations by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith is published.
  • March 17 » American Revolution: The British Army evacuates Boston, ending the Siege of Boston, after George Washington and Henry Knox place artillery in positions overlooking the city.
  • 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.
  • September 10 » American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
  • December 19 » Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".

Source: Wikipedia

• 1741 » Nicolas Chamfort, French author and playwright († 1794)
• 1766 » Wilhelm von Kobell, German painter and educator († 1853)
• 1773 » James Mill, Scottish historian, economist, and philosopher († 1836)
• 1787 » Celestina Cordero, Puerto Rican educator († 1862)
• 1810 » Philip Henry Gosse, English biologist and academic († 1888)
• 1812 » Alexander Herzen, Russian philosopher and author († 1870)