The temperature on November 19, 1776 was about 12.0 °C. There was 70 mm of rainWind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
March 28 » Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
April 6 » American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.
May 4 » Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
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.
November 29 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
Christening day November 24, 1776
The temperature on November 24, 1776 was about 4.0 °C. There was 132 mm of rainWind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
May 4 » Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
May 19 » American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.
July 2 » American Revolution: The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not published until July 4.
August 2 » The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
September 9 » The Continental Congress officially names its union of states the United States.
December 19 » Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".
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