March 28 » Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
June 8 » American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
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.
August 2 » The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
September 11 » British–American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
September 21 » Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.
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