July 2 » Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine.
September 5 » In an effort to Westernize his nobility, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards for all men except the clergy and peasantry.
Day of death September 5, 1776
The temperature on September 5, 1776 was about 17.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
January 1 » General George Washington hoists the first United States flag; the Grand Union Flag at Prospect Hill.
January 27 » American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
June 8 » American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
June 12 » The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
September 11 » British–American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
October 11 » American Revolution: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.
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