Jan zv Jan Roelofs en Hilligje Jansens van Annen//NB Terwijl de vader voor de geboorte van het kind overleden is, zo heeft Roelof Jans Jobinge van Annen, als doopheffer en getuige de vraagstukken beantwoord.////
June 8 » American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
June 11 » The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
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 11 » British–American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
September 22 » Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution.
December 7 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.
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