The temperature on May 16, 1776 was about 10.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
July 12 » Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
August 27 » Battle of Long Island: In what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.
September 11 » British–American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
September 22 » Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution.
December 26 » American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Trenton, the Continental Army attacks and successfully defeats a garrison of Hessian forces.
Day of marriage December 4, 1774
The temperature on December 4, 1774 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 21 » Abdul Hamid I becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
May 10 » Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.
June 22 » The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
July 21 » Russo-Turkish War (1768–74): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war.
September 1 » Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.
October 21 » The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".
Day of death February 9, 1780
The temperature on February 9, 1780 was about 2.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
June 23 » American Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township).
August 22 » James Cook's ship HMSResolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
October 2 » American Revolutionary War: John André, a British Army officer, is hanged as a spy by the Continental Army.
October 16 » The Great Hurricane of 1780 finishes after its sixth day, killing between 20,000 and 24,000 residents of the Lesser Antilles.
November 5 » French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.
November 9 » American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Fishdam Ford a force of British and Loyalist troops fail in a surprise attack against the South Carolina Patriot militia under Brigadier General Thomas Sumter.
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