1776 Calendar
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1776 Historical Event(s)
January 10, 1776
– Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense.
March 4, 1776
– American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
July 2, 1776
– The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not approved until July 4.
September 7, 1776
– According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world’s first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).
September 11, 1776
– British-American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
September 16, 1776
– American Revolutionary War: the Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
November 16, 1776
– American Revolution: the United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.
November 29, 1776
– American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
December 7, 1776
– Marquis de Lafayette arranges to enter the American military as a major general.
December 26, 1776
– American Revolutionary War: The British are defeated in the Battle of Trenton.
Who Were Born On 1776?
January 10, 1776
– George Birkbeck, British academic (d. 1841)
January 24, 1776
– E.T.A. Hoffmann, German writer (d. 1822)
March 10, 1776
– Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen consort of Prussia (d. 1810)
April 1, 1776
– Sophie Germain, French mathematician (d. 1831)
April 25, 1776
– Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (d. 1857)
May 20, 1776
– Simon Fraser, Canadian explorer (d.1862)
August 9, 1776
– Amedeo Avogadro, Italian chemist (d. 1856)
November 14, 1776
– Henri Dutrochet, French physiologist (d. 1847)
December 3, 1776
– Johann Spurzheim, German neuroscientist (d. 1832)
December 27, 1776
– Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (d. 1811)