Historical Events In 1776

Sep 12   On this day in history nathan Hale leaves Harlem Heights Camp (127th St) for spy mission   

Sep 15   British forces capture Kip's Bay Manhattan during Revolution in the year 1776.   

Sep 15   British forces capture Kip's Bay Manhattan during the Revolution on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history great fire in NY   

Sep 22   On this day in history american patriot, captain Nathan Hale executed for spying   

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

Sep 24   1st St Leger horesrace held at Doncaster on this day in history.   

Sep 27   In the year 1776 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   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   Brig Gen Arnold's Lake Champlain fleet defeated by British on this day in history.   

Oct 12   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1776.   

Oct 28   On this day in history battle of White Plains; Washington retreats to NJ   

Nov 01   Mission San Juan Capistrano founded in California in the year 1776.   

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

Nov 14   On this day in history henri Dutrochet, discovered & named process of osmosis   

Nov 16   On this day in history 1st gun salute   

Nov 16   In the year 1776 hessians capture Fort Washington, Manhattan   

Nov 18   Hessians capture Fort Lee, NJ in the year 1776.   

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   On this day in history 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   Phi Beta Kappa, first American scholastic fraternity, founded in the year 1776.   

Dec 06   On this day in history paul Friedrich Struck, composer   

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Jan 06   In the year 1776 birth of ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel   

Jan 24   In the year 1776 birth of ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer (Undine)   

Feb 11   On this day in history birth of joannis Capodistrias, Greek governor of Troezen (1827-31)   

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   John Parry, composer was born in the year 1776.   

Feb 21   In the year 1776 birth of vincenzo Lavigna, composer   

Feb 23   In the year 1776 birth of john Walter II, London, chief proprietor (The Times, 1812-47)   

Mar 10   Luise, queen of Prussia/wife of Frederik Willem III was born in the year 1776.   

Mar 05   In the year 1776 death of yeongjo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1694)   

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

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

Mar 26   On this day in history death of samuel Ward, American politician (b. 1725)   

Apr 19   Jacob Israel Emden, [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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.