April 12 » American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.
June 12 » The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
July 4 » American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
July 12 » Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
August 31 » William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
December 19 » Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".
Christening day January 14, 1776
The temperature on January 14, 1776 was about -3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
March 4 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
May 4 » Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
June 8 » American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
June 11 » The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
September 21 » Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.
November 16 » American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.
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