January 8 » Second Jacobite rising: Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling.
April 16 » The Battle of Culloden is fought between the French-supported Jacobites and the British Hanoverian forces commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, in Scotland. After the battle many highland traditions were banned and the Highlands of Scotland were cleared of inhabitants.
June 16 » War of the Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza.
October 22 » The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter.
Day of marriage February 18, 1776
The temperature on February 18, 1776 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 1 » General George Washington hoists the first United States flag; the Grand Union Flag at Prospect Hill.
January 10 » American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
July 4 » American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
August 10 » American Revolutionary War: Word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
November 20 » American Revolutionary War: British forces land at the Palisades and then attack Fort Lee. The Continental Army starts to retreat across New Jersey.
November 29 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
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