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.////
January 1 » American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
May 15 » American Revolution: The Fifth Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence.
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.
June 12 » The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
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.
September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
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