Historical Events In 1776

Sep 12   In the year 1776 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 on this day in history.   

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

Sep 21   In the year 1776 great fire in NY   

Sep 22   On this day in history american patriot, captain Nathan Hale executed for spying   

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

Sep 24   In the year 1776 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 on this day in history.   

Oct 09   In the year 1776 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   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 a NY bar decorated with bird tail, customer orders "cock tail" in the year 1776.   

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

Oct 27   In the year 1776 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   Mission San Juan Capistrano founded in California on this day in history.   

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

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

Nov 16   1st gun salute in the year 1776.   

Nov 16   On this day in history hessians capture Fort Washington, Manhattan   

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

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   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 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   In the year 1776 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   On this day in history birth of john Parry, composer   

Feb 21   On this day in history birth of vincenzo Lavigna, composer   

Feb 23   John Walter II, London, chief proprietor (The Times, 1812-47) was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1776 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 in the year 1776.   

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

Apr 24   Carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84 in the year 1776.   

Apr 29   On this day in history death of edward Wortley Montagu, English traveler and writer (b. 1713)