March 4 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
March 9 » The Wealth of Nations by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith is published.
March 28 » Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
May 4 » Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
May 19 » American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.
December 5 » Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the U.S., holds its first meeting at the College of William & Mary.
Christening day October 27, 1776
The temperature on October 27, 1776 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 1 » American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
January 1 » General George Washington hoists the first United States flag; the Grand Union Flag at Prospect Hill.
June 12 » The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
September 22 » Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution.
December 25 » George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River at night to attack Hessian forces serving Great Britain at Trenton, New Jersey, the next day.
December 26 » American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Trenton, the Continental Army attacks and successfully defeats a garrison of Hessian forces.
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