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1776 Calendar

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•  January 10, 1776 – Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense.
•  March 2, 1776 – American Revolutionary War: Patriot militia units arrest the Royal Governor of Georgia James Wright and attempt to prevent capture of supply ships in the Battle of the Rice Boats.
•  March 3, 1776 – American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
•  April 12, 1776 – American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.
•  May 1, 1776 – Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt (Upper Bavaria), by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt.
•  July 4, 1776 – American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
•  September 21, 1776 – Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.
•  October 28, 1776 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of White Plains – British Army forces arrive at White Plains, attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Americans.
•  December 25, 1776 – George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River to attack the Kingdom of Great Britain’s Hessian mercenaries in Trenton, New Jersey.
•  December 26, 1776 – American Revolutionary War: The British are defeated in the Battle of Trenton.

•  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 25, 1776 – Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (d. 1857)
•  June 11, 1776 – John Constable, English painter (d. 1837)
•  August 25, 1776 – Thomas Bladen Capel Royal Navy Admiral (d. 1853)
•  November 14, 1776 – Henri Dutrochet, French physiologist (d. 1847)
•  December 3, 1776 – Johann Spurzheim, German neuroscientist (d. 1832)
•  December 16, 1776 – Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German physicist (d. 1810)
•  December 25, 1776 – Sydney Owenson (Lady Morgan), Irish writer (alleged date of birth) (d. 1859)