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

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   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   In the year 1776 nathan Hale, US captain/patriot/spy, hanged by British at 21   

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

Sep 27   Maria E J Versfelt, actress/mistress (General Moreau & Marshal Ney) in the year 1776.   

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   On this day in history spanish missionaries first settle in what is now San Francisco, California.   

Oct 11   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 in the year 1776.   

Oct 11   Brig Gen Arnold's Lake Champlain fleet defeated by British in the year 1776.   

Oct 12   On this day in history british Brigade begins guarding Throgg Necks Road in Bronx   

Oct 12   British Brigade begins guarding Throgg Necks Road in the Bronx in the year 1776.   

Oct 18   On this day in history in a NY bar decorated with bird tail, customer orders "cock tail"   

Oct 26   Benjamin Franklin departed from America for France on a mission to seek French support for the American Revolution in the year 1776.   

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 in the year 1776.   

Nov 01   On this day in history mission San Juan Capistrano founded in California   

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

Nov 14   Henri Dutrochet, discovered & named process of osmosis in the year 1776.   

Nov 16   1st gun salute in the year 1776.   

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

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

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

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   On this day in history capt Cook begins 3rd & last trip to Pacific (South Sea)   

Dec 05   On this day in history 1st US fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa (William & Mary College), forms   

Dec 05   In the year 1776 phi Beta Kappa, first American scholastic fraternity, founded   

Dec 06   Paul Friedrich Struck, composer in the year 1776.   

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

Jan 24   Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer (Undine) was born in the year 1776.   

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   John Parry, composer was born on this day in history.   

Feb 21   Vincenzo Lavigna, composer was born in the year 1776.   

Feb 23   John Walter II, London, chief proprietor (The Times, 1812-47) was born in the year 1776.   

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

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   In the year 1776 death of john Harrison, English clockmaker (b. 1693)   

Mar 26   In the year 1776 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   On this day in history johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer, dies at 67   

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.