Historical Events In 1776

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

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   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   Great fire in NY on this day in history.   

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

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   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   Mission Dolores founded by SF Bay in the year 1776.   

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   Brig Gen Arnold's Lake Champlain fleet defeated by British on this day in history.   

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

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   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   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 in the year 1776.   

Nov 01   San Juan Capistrano Mission founded in California in the year 1776.   

Nov 14   In the year 1776 henri Dutrochet, discovered & named process of osmosis   

Nov 16   On this day in history 1st gun salute   

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

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

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

Nov 22   On this day in history johann Caspar Simon, composer, dies at 75   

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

Nov 30   On this day in history 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   Phi Beta Kappa, first American scholastic fraternity, founded in the year 1776.   

Dec 06   In the year 1776 paul Friedrich Struck, composer   

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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 in the year 1776.   

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   Vincenzo Lavigna, composer was born in the year 1776.   

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

Mar 10   On this day in history birth of luise, queen of Prussia/wife of Frederik Willem III   

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 in the year 1776.   

Mar 24   In the year 1776 death of john Harrison, English clockmaker (b. 1693)   

Mar 26   Samuel Ward, American politician (b. 1725) died in the year 1776.   

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

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

Apr 24   In the year 1776 carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84   

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