January 1 » General George Washington hoists the first United States flag; the Grand Union Flag at Prospect Hill.
January 27 » American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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.
November 16 » American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.
November 20 » American Revolutionary War: British forces land at the Palisades and then attack Fort Lee. The Continental Army starts to retreat across New Jersey.
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.
Day of marriage November 3, 1793
The temperature on November 3, 1793 was about 6.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly south. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
January 9 » Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States.
January 13 » Nicolas Jean Hugon de Bassville, representative of Revolutionary France, lynched by a mob in Rome
March 1 » French Revolutionary War: Battle of Aldenhoven during the Flanders Campaign.
September 17 » War of the Pyrenees: France defeats a Spanish force at the Battle of Peyrestortes.
December 9 » New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.
December 18 » Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French Royalists to Lord Samuel Hood; renamed HMSLutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck.
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