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Birthday December 22, 1776

• The temperature on December 22, 1776 was about 8.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. 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 1776: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
  • 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.
  • July 12 » Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
  • August 10 » American Revolutionary War: Word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
  • December 5 » Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the U.S., holds its first meeting at the College of William & Mary.
  • December 26 » American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Trenton, the Continental Army attacks and successfully defeats a garrison of Hessian forces.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1765 » Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician and academic († 1825)
• 1799 » Nicholas Callan, Irish priest and physicist († 1864)
• 1805 » John Obadiah Westwood, English entomologist and archaeologist († 1893)
• 1807 » Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, and critic († 1873)
• 1819 » Franz Abt, German composer and conductor († 1870)
• 1819 » Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician and academic († 1892)