Alle Groningers (www.allegroningers.nl) Datum doop 27-10-1776 Plaats doop Oude Pekela Kind Geesijn Geslacht o Vader Eeje Sijbrants Moeder Grietje Klaasens Bron Doop- en trouwboek 1770-1797 Kerkelijke gemeente - Oude Pekela Collectie DTB (toegang 124) Inventarisnummer 382
February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
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.
August 10 » American Revolutionary War: Word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
September 7 » According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).
November 16 » American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.
December 7 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.
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