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  • Delaware River, U.S.
    Thursday Dec 26, 1776
    George Washington

    Washington crossed the Delaware River

    Delaware River, U.S.
    Thursday Dec 26, 1776

    Washington crossed the Delaware River at sunset on Christmas Day, December 25, 1776, and risked capture staking out the Jersey shoreline. His men followed across the ice-obstructed river in sleet and snow at McKonkey's Ferry, with 40 men per vessel. Wind churned up the waters, and they were pelted with hail, but by 3:00 a.m. they made it across with no losses.




  • Trier
    Tuesday Dec 31, 1776

    Spurzheim Birth

    Trier
    Tuesday Dec 31, 1776

    Spurzheim was a German physician who was born in Trier in 1776.




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