June 14 » The Second Continental Congress passes the Flag Act of 1777 adopting the Stars and Stripes as the Flag of the United States.
September 11 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Brandywine: The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
September 19 » American Revolutionary War: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the First Battle of Saratoga.
October 4 » American Revolutionary War: Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under William Howe.
October 22 » American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank.
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 September 7, 1781
The temperature on September 7, 1781 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 1 » American Revolutionary War: One thousand five hundred soldiers of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment under General Anthony Wayne's command rebel against the Continental Army's winter camp in Morristown, New Jersey in the Pennsylvania Line Mutiny of 1781.
January 17 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens: Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina.
February 3 » American Revolutionary War: British forces seize the Dutch-owned Caribbean island Sint Eustatius.
March 15 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Guilford Court House: Near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat a mixed American force numbering 4,400 in a Pyrrhic victory.
June 3 » Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending raid by Banastre Tarleton.
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