January 10 » American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
March 9 » The Wealth of Nations by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith is published.
April 7 » Captain John Barry and the USSLexington captures the Edward.
May 1 » Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt, Upper Bavaria, by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt.
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 7 » According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).
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