January 1 » General George Washington hoists the first United States flag; the Grand Union Flag at Prospect Hill.
March 28 » Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Sullivan's Island ends with the American victory, leading to the commemoration of Carolina Day.
June 28 » American Revolutionary War: Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
August 2 » The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
August 10 » American Revolutionary War: Word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
Day of death June 22, 1776
The temperature on June 22, 1776 was about 17.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 1 » American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
April 6 » American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.
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.
September 10 » American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
September 22 » Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution.
December 19 » Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".
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