You look amazing, seeing you there it feels like I’ve been waiting all day just to see you in your naked splendour. And those gorgeous thighs, woof

Super pretty decades or centuries later tho

I think written abbreviated it was always eg. 4 Jul 1776, 4.7.1776 in Europe (UK/France/Germany)

I think it was primarily a verbal ordering, that later became commonplace written down in the US. If it was written down in that order elsewhere, it would have been with the full text, ie. “July 4th, 1776”. Never something like “07/04/1776”, which I believe was an American invention.

That’s not a colon. Both are commonly in use in Europe. USA just switched the d/m