The temperature on May 10, 1776 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. Source: KNMI
January 1 » American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
January 10 » American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
January 27 » American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
April 6 » American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.
June 28 » American Revolutionary War: Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
Christening day May 12, 1776
The temperature on May 12, 1776 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
May 19 » American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.
July 12 » Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
September 10 » American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
September 15 » American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.
September 21 » Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.
November 20 » American Revolutionary War: British forces land at the Palisades and then attack Fort Lee. The Continental Army starts to retreat across New Jersey.
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