March 28 » Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
April 7 » Captain John Barry and the USSLexington captures the Edward.
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.
September 9 » The Continental Congress officially names its union of states the United States.
September 17 » The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain.
November 16 » American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.
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