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1776
1776 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar).
Events
January
February
- February 27 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge: North Carolina Loyalists charge across Moore's Creek bridge near Wilmington to attack what they mistakenly believe to be a small force of rebels. Several loyalist leaders are killed in the ensuing battle. The patriot victory virtually ends all British authority in the colony.
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
- December 5 - The Phi Beta Kappa society is founded at the College of William and Mary.
- December 7 - American Revolutionary War: Marquis de Lafayette attempts to enter the American military as a major general.
- December 21 - American Revolutionary War: The Royal Colony of North Carolina reorganizes into the State of North Carolina after adopting its own constitution. Richard Caswell becomes the first governor of the newly formed state.
- December 23 - American Revolutionary War: Thomas Paine, living with Washington's troops begins publishing The American Crisis, containing the stirring phrase, "These are the times that try men's souls."
- December 25 - American Revolutionary War: Gen. George Washington orders the first issue of The Crisis read to his troops on Christmas Eve, then at 6 p.m. all 2600 of them march to McKonkey's Ferry, cross the Delaware River and land on the Jersey bank at 3 a.m..
- December 26 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Trenton: Washington's troops surprise the 1500 Hessian troops under the command of Col. Johan Rall at 8 a.m. outside Trenton and score a victory, taking 1000 prisoners while suffering only 6 wounded.
Births
Deaths
- March 10 - Élie Catherine Fréron, French critic (b. 1719)
- March 10 - Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish merchant and philanthropist (b. 1701)
- March 26 - Samuel Ward, American politician (b. 1725)
- March 24 - John Harrison, English clockmaker (b. 1693)
- April 29 - Edward Wortley Montagu, English traveler and writer (b. 1713)
- May 4 - Jacques Saly, French sculptor (b. 1717)
- June 10 - Leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier (b. 1722)
- June 20 - Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (b. 1704)
- July 7 - Jeremiah Markland, English classical scholar (b. 1693)
- July 10 - Richard Peters, English-born clergyman (b. 1704)
- August 2 - Louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (b. 1717)
- August 25 - David Hume, Scottish philosopher (b. 1711)
- October 17 - Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (b. 1681)
- November 17 - James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer (b. 1710)
- Francis Salvador, American patriot (b. 1747)
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