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Birthday December 20, 1787

• The temperature on December 20, 1787 was about 3.0 °C. 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 25 » Shays's Rebellion: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the Springfield Armory, results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty.
  • 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.
  • June 20 » Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'.
  • August 6 » Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • December 7 » Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1740 » Arthur Lee, American physician and diplomat († 1792)
• 1786 » Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer († 1853)
• 1792 » Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, French painter and educator († 1845)
• 1806 » Martín Carrera, Mexican general and president (1855) († 1871)
• 1812 » Laura M. Hawley Thurston, American poet and educator († 1842)
• 1838 » Edwin Abbott Abbott, English theologian, author, and educator († 1926)