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Philip was captain of the 8th Company, Berks County Militia, August 5th, 1777 to January 5th, 1778. This company joined the army after the battle of Brandywine and took part in the battle of Germantown. No doubt he spent the winter at Valley Forge.
1745
Dec
| 1745 • The Treaty of Dresden gives Prussia full possession of Silesia. |
1745
Dec 30
Age: 1m
baptismBaptized at Hain's Church 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1745 • December 18 Jacobite rising: A Jacobite victory at the Clifton Moor Skirmish, the last action between two military forces on English soil.Unless the Battle of Graveney Marsh (1940) is counted. |
after
Age: 37y
1783
Age: 37y
marriageCatharine Hain 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1783 • At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, U.S. General George Washington formally bids his officers farewell. |
1787
Mar 24
Age: 41y
| 1787 • Franklin College, named for Benjamin Franklin, opens in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It later merges with Marshall College to become Franklin and Marshall College. |
before
Jun 17
Age: 60y
1806
Jun 17
Age: 60y
| 1806 • The last major Prussian field force, under Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, surrenders to the French near Lübeck. Frederick William III has by this time fled to Russia. |