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Historical Event(s)
– American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.
– Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt (Upper Bavaria), by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt.
– The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not approved until July 4.
– The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
– American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip’s Bay during the New York Campaign.
– Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during American Revolution.
– Crown Prince Paul of Russia marries Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg.
– Benjamin Franklin departs from America for France on a mission to seek French support for the American Revolution.
– Marquis de Lafayette arranges to enter the American military as a major general.
– George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River to attack the Kingdom of Great Britain’s Hessian mercenaries in Trenton, New Jersey.
Who Were Born On ?
– George Birkbeck, British academic (d. 1841)
– Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek diplomat of the Russian Empire and first head of state of independent Greece (d. 1831)
– Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen consort of Prussia (d. 1810)
– Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (d. 1857)
– Caroline of Baden, consort of Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (d. 1841)
– Thomas Bladen Capel Royal Navy Admiral (d. 1853)
– Johann Spurzheim, German neuroscientist (d. 1832)
– Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German physicist (d. 1810)
– Sydney Owenson (Lady Morgan), Irish writer (alleged date of birth) (d. 1859)
– Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (d. 1811)