March 8 » The Safavid Empire of Iran is defeated by an army from Afghanistan at the Battle of Gulnabad, pushing Iran into anarchy.
April 5 » The Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island.
July 25 » Dummer's War begins along the Maine-Massachusetts border.
Day of death August 17, 1776
The temperature on August 17, 1776 was about 23.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
March 2 » American Revolutionary War: Patriot militia units arrest the Royal Governor of Georgia James Wright and attempt to prevent capture of supply ships in the Battle of the Rice Boats.
March 4 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
August 2 » The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
August 31 » William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
December 19 » Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".
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