May 21 » The Order of St. Alexander Nevsky is instituted in Russia by Empress Catherine I. It would later be discontinued and then reinstated by the Soviet government in 1942 as the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
September 5 » Wedding of Louis XV and Maria Leszczyńska.
Day of death January 19, 1776
The temperature on January 19, 1776 was about -11 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
January 1 » American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
June 11 » The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Sullivan's Island ends with the American victory, leading to the commemoration of Carolina Day.
July 9 » George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out to members of the Continental Army in Manhattan, while thousands of British troops on Staten Island prepare for the Battle of Long Island.
September 10 » American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
September 11 » British–American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
Day of burial January 22, 1776
The temperature on January 22, 1776 was about -1 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
June 12 » The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
June 28 » American Revolutionary War: Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
July 8 » Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
August 27 » Battle of Long Island: In what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.
September 9 » The Continental Congress officially names its union of states the United States.
November 16 » American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.
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