February 29 » Polish nobles form the Bar Confederation.
May 10 » Rioting occurs in London after John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III.
August 26 » Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMSEndeavour.
November 5 » Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the purpose of which is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies.
December 1 » The former slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøya in Norway.
December 10 » The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
Day of death December 27, 1776
The temperature on December 27, 1776 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
January 10 » American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
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 10 » American Revolutionary War: Word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
September 10 » American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
September 15 » American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.
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