The temperature on April 18, 1776 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. Source: KNMI
January 1 » American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
May 4 » Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
June 12 » The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
June 28 » American Revolutionary War: Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
July 12 » Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
August 10 » American Revolutionary War: Word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
Day of death August 10, 1777
The temperature on August 10, 1777 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. Source: KNMI
January 2 » American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of George Washington repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey.
April 26 » Sybil Ludington, aged 16, rode 40 miles (64km) to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British regular forces
June 14 » The Second Continental Congress passes the Flag Act of 1777 adopting the Stars and Stripes as the Flag of the United States.
July 31 » The U.S. Second Continental Congress passes a resolution that the services of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette "be accepted, and that, in consideration of his zeal, illustrious family and connexions, he have the rank and commission of major-general of the United States."
September 11 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Brandywine: The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
December 19 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
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