The temperature on January 4, 1776 was about 2.0 °C. There was 110 mm of rainWind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw. Source: KNMI
January 1 » American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
March 2 » American Revolutionary War: Patriot militia units arrest the Royal Governor of Georgia James Wright and attempt to prevent capture of supply ships in the Battle of the Rice Boats.
May 15 » American Revolution: The Fifth Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence.
August 2 » The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
October 28 » American Revolutionary War: British troops attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Continental Army.
December 19 » Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".
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