Page 4: Historical Events In 1776

Sep 12   On this day in history nathan Hale leaves Harlem Heights Camp (127th St) for spy mission   

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

Sep 15   In the year 1776 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   5 days after British take NY, a ¼ of city burns down on this day in history.   

Sep 21   On this day in history great fire in NY   

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

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

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

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

Oct 07   Crown Prince Paul of Russia marries Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg on this day in history.   

Oct 09   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1776 brig Gen Arnold's Lake Champlain fleet defeated by British   

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

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

Oct 18   In a NY bar decorated with bird tail, customer orders "cock tail" on this day in history.   

Oct 26   On this day in history benjamin Franklin departed from America for France on a mission to seek French support for the American Revolution.   

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

Nov 14   Henri Dutrochet, discovered & named process of osmosis in the year 1776.   

Nov 16   On this day in history 1st gun salute   

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

Nov 18   In the year 1776 hessians capture Fort Lee, NJ   

Nov 18   On this day in history hessians capture Ft Lee, NJ   

Nov 22   Johann Caspar Simon, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Nov 26   On this day in history dov Baer of Mezhirech, hassidic rabbi, dies   

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

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

Dec 05   Phi Beta Kappa, first American scholastic fraternity, founded in the year 1776.   

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   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   Vincenzo Lavigna, composer was born on this day in history.   

Feb 23   In the year 1776 birth of john Walter II, London, chief proprietor (The Times, 1812-47)   

Mar 10   In the year 1776 birth of luise, queen of Prussia/wife of Frederik Willem III   

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

Mar 10   In the year 1776 death of Élie Catherine Fréron, French critic (b. 1719)   

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

Mar 26   On this day in history death of samuel Ward, American politician (b. 1725)   

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

Apr 22   In the year 1776 johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer, dies at 67   

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 in the year 1776.