Historical Events In 1776

Sep 12   Nathan Hale leaves Harlem Heights Camp (127th St) for spy mission on this day in history.   

Sep 15   British forces capture Kip's Bay Manhattan during Revolution on this day in history.   

Sep 15   British forces capture Kip's Bay Manhattan during the Revolution on this day in history.   

Sep 17   On this day in history presidio of SF forms as a Spanish fort   

Sep 21   On this day in history 5 days after British take NY, a ¼ of city burns down   

Sep 21   Great fire in NY in the year 1776.   

Sep 22   American patriot, captain Nathan Hale executed for spying on this day in history.   

Sep 22   Nathan Hale, US captain/patriot/spy, hanged by British at 21 on this day in history.   

Sep 24   1st St Leger horesrace held at Doncaster on this day in history.   

Sep 27   Maria E J Versfelt, actress/mistress (General Moreau & Marshal Ney) on this day in history.   

Oct 07   In the year 1776 crown Prince Paul of Russia marries Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg.   

Oct 09   In the year 1776 mission Dolores founded by SF Bay   

Oct 09   On this day in history spanish missionaries first settle in what is now San Francisco, California.   

Oct 11   In the year 1776 battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain, New York. Although defeated, the American flotilla delayed the British advance and caused it to fall back into winter quarters.   

Oct 11   On this day in history brig Gen Arnold's Lake Champlain fleet defeated by British   

Oct 12   British Brigade begins guarding Throgg Necks Road in Bronx on this day in history.   

Oct 12   In the year 1776 british Brigade begins guarding Throgg Necks Road in the Bronx   

Oct 18   In a NY bar decorated with bird tail, customer orders "cock tail" in the year 1776.   

Oct 26   Benjamin Franklin departed from America for France on a mission to seek French support for the American Revolution in the year 1776.   

Oct 27   On this day in history a Danish fort in the Virgin Islands becomes the first foreign nation to salute the U.S. flag when it recognizes a U.S. schooner.   

Oct 28   Battle of White Plains; Washington retreats to NJ on this day in history.   

Nov 01   In the year 1776 mission San Juan Capistrano founded in California   

Nov 01   In the year 1776 san Juan Capistrano Mission founded in California   

Nov 14   Henri Dutrochet, discovered & named process of osmosis on this day in history.   

Nov 16   On this day in history 1st gun salute   

Nov 16   In the year 1776 hessians capture Fort Washington, Manhattan   

Nov 18   Hessians capture Fort Lee, NJ in the year 1776.   

Nov 18   Hessians capture Ft Lee, NJ on this day in history.   

Nov 22   Johann Caspar Simon, composer, dies at 75 in the year 1776.   

Nov 26   Dov Baer of Mezhirech, hassidic rabbi, dies in the year 1776.   

Nov 30   Capt Cook begins 3rd & last trip to Pacific (South Sea) on this day in history.   

Dec 05   1st US fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa (William & Mary College), forms on this day in history.   

Dec 05   Phi Beta Kappa, first American scholastic fraternity, founded on this day in history.   

Dec 06   Paul Friedrich Struck, composer in the year 1776.   

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Jan 06   On this day in history birth of ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel   

Jan 24   Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer (Undine) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 11   On this day in history birth of joannis Capodistrias, Greek governor of Troezen (1827-31)   

Feb 11   On this day in history birth of ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek diplomat of the Russian Empire and first head of state of independent Greece (d. 1831)   

Feb 18   John Parry, composer was born on this day in history.   

Feb 21   In the year 1776 birth of vincenzo Lavigna, composer   

Feb 23   On this day in history birth of john Walter II, London, chief proprietor (The Times, 1812-47)   

Mar 10   Luise, queen of Prussia/wife of Frederik Willem III was born in the year 1776.   

Mar 05   On this day in history death of yeongjo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1694)   

Mar 10   Élie Catherine Fréron, French critic (b. 1719) died in the year 1776.   

Mar 24   On this day in history death of john Harrison, English clockmaker (b. 1693)   

Mar 26   In the year 1776 death of samuel Ward, American politician (b. 1725)   

Apr 19   Jacob Israel Emden, [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi, dies at 78 in the year 1776.   

Apr 22   Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Apr 24   On this day in history carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84   

Apr 29   In the year 1776 death of edward Wortley Montagu, English traveler and writer (b. 1713)