March 8 » Queen Anne, the younger sister of Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
March 11 » The Daily Courant, England's first national daily newspaper, is published for the first time.
July 19 » Great Northern War: A numerically superior Polish-Saxon army of Augustus II the Strong, operating from an advantageous defensive position, is defeated by a Swedish army half its size under the command of King Charles XII in the Battle of Klissow.
November 10 » English colonists under the command of James Moore besiege Spanish St. Augustine during Queen Anne's War.
December 30 » Queen Anne's War: James Moore, Governor of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine.
Day of burial December 19, 1776
The temperature on December 19, 1776 was about 2.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly south. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw. Source: KNMI
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.
June 15 » Delaware Separation Day: Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
July 12 » Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
September 10 » American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
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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