March 14 » American Revolutionary War: Spanish forces capture Fort Charlotte in Mobile, Alabama, the last British frontier post capable of threatening New Orleans.
May 29 » American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws, the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained.
September 21 » American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.
October 16 » American Revolutionary War: The British-led Royalton raid is the last Native American raid on New England.
November 4 » The Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II against Spanish rule in the Viceroyalty of Peru begins.
November 9 » American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Fishdam Ford a force of British and Loyalist troops fail in a surprise attack against the South Carolina Patriot militia under Brigadier General Thomas Sumter.
Day of death March 4, 1782
The temperature on March 4, 1782 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The House of Commons of Great Britain votes against further war in America.
March 16 » American Revolutionary War: Spanish troops capture the British-held island of Roatán.
March 16 » Anglo-Spanish War (1779): Action of 16 March 1782.
July 1 » Raid on Lunenburg: American privateers attack the British settlement of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
August 7 » George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later renamed to the more poetic Purple Heart.
November 30 » American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris: In Paris, representatives from the United States and Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris).
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