January 10 » American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
April 12 » American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.
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 15 » Delaware Separation Day: Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
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.
Christening day March 31, 1776
The temperature on March 31, 1776 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
May 19 » American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.
September 10 » American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
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 19 » Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".
December 25 » George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River at night to attack Hessian forces serving Great Britain at Trenton, New Jersey, the next day.
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