The temperature on January 2, 1776 was about 2.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw. Source: KNMI
January 1 » General George Washington hoists the first United States flag; the Grand Union Flag at Prospect Hill.
June 8 » American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
August 2 » The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
August 10 » American Revolutionary War: Word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
September 7 » According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).
December 5 » Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the U.S., holds its first meeting at the College of William & Mary.
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