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Birthday February 9, 1787

• The temperature on February 9, 1787 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: 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 1787: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 11 » William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
  • February 3 » Militia led by General Benjamin Lincoln crush the remnants of Shays' Rebellion in Petersham, Massachusetts.
  • May 25 » After a delay of 11 days, the United States Constitutional Convention formally convenes in Philadelphia after a quorum of seven states is secured.
  • July 13 » The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery.
  • August 6 » Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • October 29 » Mozart's opera Don Giovanni receives its first performance in Prague.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1773 » William Henry Harrison, American general and politician, 9th President of the United States († 1841)
• 1775 » Farkas Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician and academic († 1856)
• 1781 » Johann Baptist von Spix, German biologist and explorer († 1826)
• 1783 » Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet and translator († 1852)
• 1789 » Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, German engineer, invented Gabelsberger shorthand († 1849)
• 1800 » Hyrum Smith, American religious leader († 1844)