May 4 » Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
June 28 » American Revolutionary War: Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
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.
November 16 » American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.
December 5 » Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the U.S., holds its first meeting at the College of William & Mary.
December 26 » American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Trenton, the Continental Army attacks and successfully defeats a garrison of Hessian forces.
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