January 3 » American General George Washington defeats British General Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.
March 8 » Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.
April 13 » American Revolutionary War: American forces are ambushed and defeated in the Battle of Bound Brook, New Jersey.
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 16 » Virginia becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation. [1]
December 24 » Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook.
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