1776 Calendar
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1776 Historical Event(s)
March 3, 1776
– American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
March 17, 1776
– American Revolution: British forces evacuate Boston, Massachusetts, ending the Siege of Boston, after George Washington and Henry Knox place artillery in positions overlooking the city.
April 6, 1776
– American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.
April 7, 1776
– Captain John Barry and the USS Lexington captures the Edward.
June 7, 1776
– Richard Henry Lee presents the “Lee Resolution” to the Continental Congress. The motion is seconded by John Adams and leads to the United States Declaration of Independence.
June 11, 1776
– The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
June 12, 1776
– The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
July 9, 1776
– George Washington ordered the Declaration of Independence to be read out loud to members of the Continental Army in New York City for the first time.
October 7, 1776
– Crown Prince Paul of Russia marries Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg.
December 26, 1776
– American Revolutionary War: The British are defeated in the Battle of Trenton.
Who Were Born On 1776?
January 24, 1776
– E.T.A. Hoffmann, German writer (d. 1822)
February 11, 1776
– Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek diplomat of the Russian Empire and first head of state of independent Greece (d. 1831)
April 25, 1776
– Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (d. 1857)
May 20, 1776
– Simon Fraser, Canadian explorer (d.1862)
June 11, 1776
– John Constable, English painter (d. 1837)
July 13, 1776
– Caroline of Baden, consort of Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (d. 1841)
August 25, 1776
– Thomas Bladen Capel Royal Navy Admiral (d. 1853)
December 3, 1776
– Johann Spurzheim, German neuroscientist (d. 1832)
December 25, 1776
– Sydney Owenson (Lady Morgan), Irish writer (alleged date of birth) (d. 1859)
December 27, 1776
– Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (d. 1811)