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Birthday April 27, 1780

• The temperature on April 27, 1780 was about 9.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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 1780: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 13 » The Cumberland Compact is signed by leaders of the settlers in the Cumberland River area of what would become the U.S. state of Tennessee, providing for democratic government and a formal system of justice.
  • May 19 » New England's Dark Day, an unusual darkening of the day sky, was observed over the New England states and parts of Canada.
  • August 22 » James Cook's ship HMSResolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
  • September 21 » American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.
  • October 2 » American Revolutionary War: John André, a British Army officer, is hanged as a spy by the Continental Army.
  • November 5 » French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1748 » Adamantios Korais, Greek-French philosopher and scholar († 1833)
• 1755 » Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician and theorist († 1836)
• 1759 » Mary Wollstonecraft, English philosopher, historian, and novelist († 1797)
• 1788 » Charles Robert Cockerell, English architect, archaeologist, and writer († 1863)
• 1791 » Samuel Morse, American painter and inventor, co-invented the Morse code († 1872)
• 1812 » William W. Snow, American lawyer and politician († 1886)