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Birthday September 13, 1777

• The temperature on September 13, 1777 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. 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 1777: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 3 » American General George Washington defeats British General Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.
  • April 26 » Sybil Ludington, aged 16, rode 40 miles (64km) to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British regular forces
  • September 3 » American Revolutionary War: During the Battle of Cooch's Bridge, the Flag of the United States is flown in battle for the first time.
  • September 19 » American Revolutionary War: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the First Battle of Saratoga.
  • October 22 » American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank.
  • December 18 » The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking the recent victory by the American rebels over British General John Burgoyne at Saratoga in October.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1755 » Oliver Evans, American inventor, engineer and businessman († 1819)
• 1802 » Arnold Ruge, German philosopher and author († 1880)
• 1813 » John Sedgwick, American general and educator († 1864)
• 1818 » Lucy Goode Brooks, Former American slave and a founder of Friends' Asylum for Colored Orphans († 1900)
• 1819 » Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer († 1896)
• 1830 » Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author († 1916)