February 12 » The Convention Parliament declares that the flight to France in 1688 by James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, constitutes an abdication.
April 18 » Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros.
May 24 » The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting dissenting Protestants but excluding Roman Catholics.
August 21 » The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.
August 27 » The Treaty of Nerchinsk is signed by Russia and the Qing Empire (Julian calendar).
December 16 » Convention Parliament: The Declaration of Right is embodied in the Bill of Rights.
Day of death March 28, 1776
The temperature on March 28, 1776 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by west. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 27 » American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
May 1 » Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt, Upper Bavaria, by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt.
July 12 » Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
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.
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