June 8 » American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
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).
November 16 » American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.
November 16 » American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.
November 29 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
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