Page 4: Historical Events In 1776

Sep 12   In the year 1776 nathan Hale leaves Harlem Heights Camp (127th St) for spy mission   

Sep 15   In the year 1776 british forces capture Kip's Bay Manhattan during Revolution   

Sep 15   On this day in history british forces capture Kip's Bay Manhattan during the Revolution   

Sep 17   Presidio of SF forms as a Spanish fort in the year 1776.   

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 on this day in history.   

Sep 22   American patriot, captain Nathan Hale executed for spying in the year 1776.   

Sep 22   On this day in history nathan Hale, US captain/patriot/spy, hanged by British at 21   

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

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   Mission Dolores founded by SF Bay in the year 1776.   

Oct 09   Spanish missionaries first settle in what is now San Francisco, California in the year 1776.   

Oct 11   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 on this day in history.   

Oct 11   Brig Gen Arnold's Lake Champlain fleet defeated by British in the year 1776.   

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

Oct 12   British Brigade begins guarding Throgg Necks Road in the Bronx in the year 1776.   

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

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 in the year 1776.   

Nov 01   Mission San Juan Capistrano founded in California on this day in history.   

Nov 01   On this day in history san Juan Capistrano Mission founded in California   

Nov 14   On this day in history henri Dutrochet, discovered & named process of osmosis   

Nov 16   In the year 1776 1st gun salute   

Nov 16   Hessians capture Fort Washington, Manhattan on this day in history.   

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

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

Nov 22   In the year 1776 johann Caspar Simon, composer, dies at 75   

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

Nov 30   In the year 1776 capt Cook begins 3rd & last trip to Pacific (South Sea)   

Dec 05   1st US fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa (William & Mary College), forms in the year 1776.   

Dec 05   In the year 1776 phi Beta Kappa, first American scholastic fraternity, founded   

Dec 06   Paul Friedrich Struck, composer on this day in history.   

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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   In the year 1776 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 in the year 1776.   

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 05   Yeongjo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1694) died on this day in history.   

Mar 10   Élie Catherine Fréron, French critic (b. 1719) died on this day in history.   

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

Mar 26   Samuel Ward, American politician (b. 1725) died on this day in history.   

Apr 19   Jacob Israel Emden, [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

Apr 22   Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer, dies at 67 in the year 1776.   

Apr 24   Carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Apr 29   Edward Wortley Montagu, English traveler and writer (b. 1713) died on this day in history.