The temperature on May 12, 1777 was about 12.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
July 7 » American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton.
August 22 » British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.
October 6 » American Revolutionary War: British forces capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery on the Hudson River.
November 15 » American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of debate the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation.
December 16 » Virginia becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation. [1]
December 18 » The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking the recent victory by the American rebels over British General John Burgoyne at Saratoga in October.
Day of death July 15, 1778
The temperature on July 15, 1778 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by east. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
February 6 » New York became the third state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
February 14 » The United States flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte renders a nine gun salute to USSRanger, commanded by John Paul Jones.
July 27 » American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
August 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.
September 19 » The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.
November 26 » In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
Day of burial July 17, 1778
The temperature on July 17, 1778 was about 19.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly north. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: donder weerlicht. Source: KNMI
June 18 » American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia.
August 3 » The theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.
August 21 » American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry.
September 7 » American Revolutionary War: France invades Dominica in the British West Indies, before Britain is even aware of France's involvement in the war.
November 11 » Cherry Valley massacre: Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces attack a fort and village in eastern New York during the American Revolutionary War, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers.
November 26 » In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
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