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Events

  • January_10 - Thomas_Paine publishes ''Common_Sense''
  • forces evacuate Boston,_Massachusetts after George_Washington places artillery overlooking the city.
  • March_28 - Juan_Bautista_de_Anza finds the site for the Presidio_of_San_Francisco.
  • May_1 - Former Jesuit Adam_Weishaupt founds the Bavarian Illuminati (Order of the Illuminati) in Ingolstadt, Bavaria.
  • May_6 - Battle_of_Prague Prussian king Frederick_the_Great triumphs over Austrian army.
  • June_12 - Virginia_Declaration_of_Rights by George_Mason adopted by the Virginia Convention of Delegates.
  • June_17 - Lt. Jose_Joaquin_Moraga leads a band of colonists from Monterey Presidio, landing on June_29 and constructing the Mission_Dolores of the new Presidio of San_Francisco.
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  • July_9 - An angry mob in New_York_City topples the equestrian statue of George III in Bowling Green.
  • 's troops routed in Brooklyn by British under William_Howe.
  • September - First running of the St._Leger_Stakes horse race in England.
  • September_7 - World's first submarine attack. American submersible craft ''Turtle'' attempts to attach a time_bomb to the hull of British Admiral Richard_Howe's flagship ''Eagle'' in New_York_Harbor.
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  • executed in New_York_City for espionage.
  • October_9 - Father Francisco_Palou founds Mission_San_Francisco_de_Asis in what is now San_Francisco,_California.
  • fleet led by Sir Guy Carleton defeats 15 American gunboats commanded by Brigadier General Benedict_Arnold. Although nearly all of Arnold's ships are destroyed, the two day-long battle will give Patriot forces enough time to prepare defenses of New_York_City.
  • forces arrive at White Plains, attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Americans.
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  • December_5 - The Phi_Beta_Kappa society is organized at the College of William and Mary.
  • December_23 - Thomas Paine, living with Washington's troops begins publishing The_Crisis, containing the stirring phrase, These are the times that try men's souls.
  • , cross the Delaware_River and land on the Jersey bank at 3 AM.
  • - Washington's troops surprise the 1500 Hessian troops under the command of Col. [Johan Rall] at 8 AM outside Trenton and score a victory, taking 1000 prisoners while suffering only 6 wounded.
  • Adam_Smith publishes ''The_Wealth_of_Nations''
  • Edward_Gibbon publishes ''The_History_of_the_Decline_and_Fall_of_the_Roman_Empire''
  • E_pluribus_unum was chosen by the first Great Seal committee

    Year in topic

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  • 1776_in_science
  • 1776_in_music

    Births

  • January_24 - E.T.A. Hoffmann, poet, composer, and painter (+ 1822)
  • February_11 - Joannis_Capodistrias Greek governor of Troezen (1827-1831)
  • March_10 - Louise_of_Mecklenburg-Strelitz Queen of Prussia (+ 1810)
  • April_1 - Sophie_Germain, mathematician (+ 1831)
  • June_11 - John_Constable, landscape painter
  • August_6 - Amedeo_Avogadro, chemist

    Deaths

  • August_25 - David_Hume, Scottish philosopher

    Monarchs/Presidents

  • China - Qianlong Emperor_of_China, Qing_Dynasty (reigned from October_18, 1735 to February_9, 1796)
  • Prussia - Frederick II King of Prussia (reigned from 1740 to 1786)
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