January 28 » Sir Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to a friend.
May 28 » French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
July 3 » French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.
Day of death May 14, 1776
The temperature on May 14, 1776 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
March 17 » American Revolution: The British Army evacuates Boston, ending the Siege of Boston, after George Washington and Henry Knox place artillery in positions overlooking the city.
May 19 » American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.
June 7 » Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion is seconded by John Adams and will lead to the United States Declaration of Independence.
June 12 » The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
June 28 » American Revolutionary War: Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
November 16 » American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.
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