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 marriage April 28, 1776
The temperature on April 28, 1776 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
April 7 » Captain John Barry and the USSLexington captures the Edward.
June 11 » The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
June 15 » Delaware Separation Day: Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Sullivan's Island ends with the American victory, leading to the commemoration of Carolina Day.
August 10 » American Revolutionary War: Word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
September 22 » Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution.
Day of death December 3, 1792
The temperature on December 3, 1792 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
April 2 » The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.
April 5 » United States President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
April 20 » France declares war against the "King of Hungary and Bohemia", the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars.
April 21 » Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered.
September 20 » French troops stop an allied invasion of France at the Battle of Valmy.
October 29 » Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who sighted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River.
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