February 26 » The British East India Company factory on Balambangan Island is destroyed by Moro pirates.
March 8 » An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery.
April 18 » American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.
April 20 » American Revolutionary War: The Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord.
July 27 » Founding of the U.S. Army Medical Department: The Second Continental Congress passes legislation establishing "an hospital for an army consisting of 20,000 men."
September 25 » American Revolution: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off.
Day of burial September 18, 1776
The temperature on September 18, 1776 was about 14.0 °C. There was 136 mm of rainWind direction mainly north. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
March 4 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
May 4 » Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
May 15 » American Revolution: The Fifth Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence.
May 19 » American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.
July 8 » Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
November 16 » American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.
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