April 7 » Captain John Barry and the USSLexington captures the Edward.
May 19 » American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.
September 22 » Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution.
October 11 » American Revolution: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.
December 19 » Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".
December 26 » American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Trenton, the Continental Army attacks and successfully defeats a garrison of Hessian forces.
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