Notable Historical Events - 1776
1776 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
Gen George Washington hoists Continental Union Flag |
Jan 2 |
1st revolutionary flag displayed |
Jan 2 |
Austria ends interregation torture |
Jan 5 |
Assembly of New Hampshire adopts its 1st state constitution |
Jan 10 |
"Common Sense" Pamphlet by Thomas Paine, published advocating American independence |
Jan 16 |
Continental Congress approves enlistment of free blacks |
Jan 18 |
James Wright, Royal Governor of Georgia, is placed under house arrest by Major Joseph Habersham |
Jan 24 |
Henry Knox arrives at Cambridge, Massachusetts with the artillery that he has transported from Fort Ticonderoga. |
Feb 8 |
Wolfgang von Goethes' "Stella," premieres in Hamburg |
Feb 17 |
1st volume of Gibbon's "Decline & Fall of Roman Empire" published |
Mar 2 |
Americans begin shelling British troops in Boston |
Mar 3 |
US commodore Esek Hopkins occupies Nassau Bahamas |
Mar 4 |
The American War of Independence: The Americans capture Dorchester Heights dominating the port of Boston, Massachusetts. |
Mar 9 |
Publication of the economics book The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith. |
Mar 17 |
British forces evacuate Boston to Nova Scotia during Revolutionary War |
Mar 25 |
Continental Congress authorized a medal for George Washington |
Mar 28 |
Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco. |
Apr 1 |
Friedrich von Klinger's "Sturm und Drang" premieres in Leipzig |
Apr 3 |
George Washington receives honorary Ll.D. degree from Harvard College |
Apr 7 |
Captain John Barry and the USS Lexington captures the Edward. |
Apr 12 |
Halifax resolution for independence adopted by North Carolina |
Apr 15 |
Duchess of Kingston found guilty of bigamy |
May 1 |
Adam Weishaupt founds secret society of Illuminati |
May 2 |
France & Spain agreed to give weapons to American rebels |
May 4 |
Rhode Island declares independence from Britain |
May 12 |
Turgot, French minister of Finance, resigns |
Jun 7 |
Richard Lee (VA) moves Decl of Independence in Continental Congress |
Jun 11 |
Continental Congress creates committee (Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston) to draft a Declaration of Independence |
Jun 12 |
Virginia adopts Declaration of Rights |
Jun 23 |
Final draft of Declaration of Independence submitted to Continental Congress |
Jun 28 |
Charleston, SC repulses British sea attack |
Jun 29 |
Mission Dolores founded by San Francisco Bay |
Jun 29 |
Virginia state constitution adopted & Patrick Henry made governor |
Jul 1 |
1st vote on Declaration of Independence for Britain's North American colonies |
Jul 2 |
NJ Jersey gives the right to vote to all adults who could show a net worth of 50 pounds |
Jul 2 |
Continental Congress resolves "these United Colonies are & of right ought to be Free & Independent States" |
Jul 2 |
At the Continental Congress, John Dickinson abstains from the votes that declare independence |
Jul 4 |
According to popular legend the Liberty Bell rings for the 2nd Continental Congress |
Jul 4 |
US congress proclaims the Declaration of Independence and independence from Britain |
Jul 6 |
American Declaration of Independence announced on front page of "PA Evening Gazette" |
Jul 8 |
Col John Nixon gave 1st public reading of Decaration of Independence (Philadelphia) |
Jul 9 |
Declaration of Independence is read to George Washington's troops (NY) |
Jul 11 |
Captain James Cook begins his third voyage |
Jul 12 |
Captain Cook departs with Resolution for 3rd trip to Pacific Ocean |
Aug 2 |
Formal signing of the US Declaration of Independence by 56 people |
Aug 10 |
American Revolutionary War: word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London. |
Aug 27 |
British defeat Americans in Battle of Long Island |
Aug 29 |
Americans withdraw from Manhattan to Westchester |
Aug 30 |
US army evacuates Long Island and falls back to Manhattan, NYC |
Sep 6 |
Hurricane hits Martinique; 100 French & Dutch ships sinks; 600 die |
Sep 6 |
1st (failed) submarine attack (David Bushnell's "Turtle" attacks British sailboat "Eagle" in Bay of NY) |
Sep 6 |
Hurricane hits Guadeloupe, killing more than 6,000. |
Sep 9 |
Congress officially renames the country as the United States of America (Was the United Colonies) |
Sep 10 |
George Washington asks for a spy volunteer, Nathan Hale volunteers |
Sep 12 |
Nathan Hale leaves Harlem Heights Camp (127th St) for spy mission |
Sep 15 |
British forces capture Kip's Bay Manhattan during Revolution |
Sep 17 |
The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain. |
Sep 21 |
5 days after British take NY, a ¼ of city burns down |
Sep 21 |
Nathan Hale, spied on British for American rebels, arrested |
Sep 24 |
First St Leger horesrace held at Doncaster |
Oct 9 |
Mission Dolores founded by SF Bay |
Oct 11 |
Brig Gen Arnold's Lake Champlain fleet defeated by British |
Oct 12 |
British Brigade begins guarding Throgg Necks Road in Bronx |
Oct 18 |
In a NY bar decorated with bird tail, customer orders "cock tail" |
Oct 18 |
Battle of Pelham: Col John Glover & Marblehead regiment meet British Forces in Bronx |
Oct 26 |
Benjamin Franklin departed from America for France on a mission to seek French support for the American Revolution. |
Oct 28 |
Battle of White Plains; Washington retreats to NJ |
Nov 1 |
Mission San Juan Capistrano founded in California |
Nov 16 |
1st gun salute for an American warship in a foreign port - US Andrew Doria at Ft St Eustatius |
Nov 16 |
British troops captured Fort Washington during American Revolution |
Nov 18 |
Hessians capture Ft Lee, NJ |
Nov 30 |
Captain Cook begins 3rd & last trip to Pacific (South Sea) |
Dec 5 |
1st US fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa (William & Mary College), forms |
Dec 8 |
George Washington's retreating army crosses Delaware River from NJ |
Dec 19 |
Thomas Paine published his 1st "American Crisis" essay, in which he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls" |
Dec 23 |
Continental Congress negotiates a war loan of $181,500 from France |
Dec 23 |
Thomas Paine writes "These are the times that try men's souls" |
Dec 25 |
Washington crosses Delaware & surprises & defeats 1,400 Hessians |
Dec 26 |
George Washington defeats Hessians at Battle of Trenton in American Revolutionary War |
Dec 31 |
Rhode Island establishes wage & price controls to curb inflation: Limit is 70 cents a day for carpenters, 42 cents for tailors |
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