The temperature on August 13, 1776 was about 18.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
March 4 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
April 12 » American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.
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).
September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
September 21 » Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.
December 19 » Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".
Christening day September 15, 1776
The temperature on September 15, 1776 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
May 1 » Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt, Upper Bavaria, by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt.
May 4 » Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
August 31 » William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
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).
September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
December 5 » Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the U.S., holds its first meeting at the College of William & Mary.
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