geboren: 31 dec 1775; gedoopt: 7 jan 1776; kind: Cornelia; vader: Philippus de Bak; moeder: Maria Dignusse van Boven; opmerkingen: getuigen Pieter Dignusse van Boven en Willemijna Adr[iaansdr] Snoep.; scannr: 312.
May 10 » American Revolutionary War: A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga.
July 8 » The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies of North America.
July 26 » The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress. Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office as Postmaster General.
July 27 » Founding of the U.S. Army Medical Department: The Second Continental Congress passes legislation establishing "an hospital for an army consisting of 20,000 men."
July 29 » Founding of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps: General George Washington appoints William Tudor as Judge Advocate of the Continental Army.
August 20 » The Spanish establish the Presidio San Augustin del Tucson in the town that became Tucson, Arizona.
Christening day January 7, 1776
The temperature on January 7, 1776 was about -6 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw. Source: KNMI
March 9 » The Wealth of Nations by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith is published.
May 4 » Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
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 15 » Delaware Separation Day: Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
August 2 » The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
November 16 » American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.
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