January 1 » General George Washington hoists the first United States flag; the Grand Union Flag at Prospect Hill.
April 6 » American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.
May 19 » American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.
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 22 » Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution.
November 29 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
Day of death May 22, 1778
The temperature on May 22, 1778 was about 10.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
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