NATI Nederlandse Hall 1776 Den 16 Maart is Johannes Pannekoek en Hilletje Hendriks een Zoon gebooren en den 17 dito gedoopt, genaamtHendrik. Getuigen de Vader en Petronella de Bruin.
March 9 » The Wealth of Nations by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith is published.
July 8 » Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
September 10 » American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
September 11 » British–American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
November 16 » American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.
December 7 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.
Christening day March 17, 1776
The temperature on March 17, 1776 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. Source: KNMI
May 1 » Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt, Upper Bavaria, by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt.
July 2 » American Revolution: The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not published until July 4.
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).
September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
September 17 » The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain.
December 25 » George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River at night to attack Hessian forces serving Great Britain at Trenton, New Jersey, the next day.
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