The temperature on September 16, 1776 was about 17.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
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.
July 4 » American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
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.
August 31 » William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
September 17 » The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain.
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