May 20 » The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence is allegedly signed in Charlotte, North Carolina.
July 26 » The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress. Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office as Postmaster General.
August 20 » The Spanish establish the Presidio San Augustin del Tucson in the town that became Tucson, Arizona.
October 18 » African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
November 13 » American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Gen. Richard Montgomery occupy Montreal.
December 31 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Quebec: British forces repulse an attack by Continental Army General Richard Montgomery.
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