April 26 » Sybil Ludington, aged 16, rode 40 miles (64km) to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British regular forces
June 14 » The Second Continental Congress passes the Flag Act of 1777 adopting the Stars and Stripes as the Flag of the United States.
July 6 » American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
August 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Americans led by General John Stark rout British and Brunswick troops under Friedrich Baum at the Battle of Bennington in Walloomsac, New York.
August 22 » British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.
November 15 » American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of debate the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation.
Day of death January 12, 1786
The temperature on January 12, 1786 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
January 16 » Virginia enacts the Statute for Religious Freedom authored by Thomas Jefferson.
May 1 » In Vienna, Austria, Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro is performed for the first time.
June 25 » Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.
June 29 » Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.
September 11 » The beginning of the Annapolis Convention.
November 30 » The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo I, becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty (later commemorated as Cities for Life Day).
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