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   British forces capture Kip's Bay Manhattan during Revolution on this day in history.   

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   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   In the year 1776 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   On this day in history crown Prince Paul of Russia marries Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg.   

Oct 09   In the year 1776 mission Dolores founded by SF Bay   

Oct 09   Spanish missionaries first settle in what is now San Francisco, California on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1776 benjamin Franklin departed from America for France on a mission to seek French support for the American Revolution.   

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 on this day in history.   

Nov 01   Mission San Juan Capistrano founded in California on this day in history.   

Nov 01   On this day in history san Juan Capistrano Mission founded in California   

Nov 14   Henri Dutrochet, discovered & named process of osmosis on this day in history.   

Nov 16   In the year 1776 1st gun salute   

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

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

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

Nov 22   In the year 1776 johann Caspar Simon, composer, dies at 75   

Nov 26   In the year 1776 dov Baer of Mezhirech, hassidic rabbi, dies   

Nov 30   In the year 1776 capt Cook begins 3rd & last trip to Pacific (South Sea)   

Dec 05   In the year 1776 1st US fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa (William & Mary College), forms   

Dec 05   On this day in history phi Beta Kappa, first American scholastic fraternity, founded   

Dec 06   On this day in history 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 in the year 1776.   

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   In the year 1776 birth of john Parry, composer   

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

Mar 10   Élie Catherine Fréron, French critic (b. 1719) died in the year 1776.   

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

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