Historical Events In 1776
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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