January 1 » General George Washington hoists the first United States flag; the Grand Union Flag at Prospect Hill.
May 4 » Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
July 4 » American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
July 12 » Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
September 7 » According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).
December 7 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.
Day of burial December 26, 1779
The temperature on December 26, 1779 was about -2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 11 » Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.
June 24 » American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
July 16 » American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point.
September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.
September 28 » American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.
October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.
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