Page 4: Historical Events In 1776

Sep 12   Nathan Hale leaves Harlem Heights Camp (127th St) for spy mission in the year 1776.   

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   In the year 1776 presidio of SF forms as a Spanish fort   

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

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

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

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   On this day in history brig Gen Arnold's Lake Champlain fleet defeated by British   

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

Oct 12   On this day in history british Brigade begins guarding Throgg Necks Road in the Bronx   

Oct 18   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Oct 27   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 on this day in history.   

Oct 28   Battle of White Plains; Washington retreats to NJ in the year 1776.   

Nov 01   In the year 1776 mission San Juan Capistrano founded in California   

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

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

Nov 16   1st gun salute on this day in history.   

Nov 16   Hessians capture Fort Washington, Manhattan in the year 1776.   

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

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

Nov 22   Johann Caspar Simon, composer, dies at 75 in the year 1776.   

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

Dec 05   Phi Beta Kappa, first American scholastic fraternity, founded on this day in history.   

Dec 06   In the year 1776 paul Friedrich Struck, composer   

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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   Joannis Capodistrias, Greek governor of Troezen (1827-31) was born on this day in history.   

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   John Walter II, London, chief proprietor (The Times, 1812-47) was born in the year 1776.   

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

Mar 05   Yeongjo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1694) died in the year 1776.   

Mar 10   On this day in history death of Élie Catherine Fréron, French critic (b. 1719)   

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

Mar 26   In the year 1776 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   On this day in history johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer, dies at 67   

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

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