June 8 » American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
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.
July 12 » Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
August 10 » American Revolutionary War: Word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
September 15 » American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.
December 19 » Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".
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