January 26 » The 8.7–9.2 Mw Cascadia earthquake takes place off the west coast of North America, as evidenced by Japanese records.
February 27 » The island of New Britain is discovered by Europeans.
February 28 » Today is followed by March 1 in Sweden, thus creating the Swedish calendar.
March 1 » Sweden introduces its own Swedish calendar, in an attempt to gradually merge into the Gregorian calendar, reverts to the Julian calendar on this date in 1712, and introduces the Gregorian calendar on this date in 1753.
Day of death December 24, 1776
The temperature on December 24, 1776 was about 4.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
January 10 » American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
March 4 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
March 17 » American Revolution: The British Army evacuates Boston, ending the Siege of Boston, after George Washington and Henry Knox place artillery in positions overlooking the city.
September 15 » American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.
December 5 » Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the U.S., holds its first meeting at the College of William & Mary.
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.
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