Important Historical Events of the year 1776, Year 1776 in History

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List of 1776 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1776

What happened in the year 1776?

Date	Event
January 1, 1776	American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
January 1, 1776	General George Washington hoists the first United States flag, the Grand Union Flag, at Prospect Hill.
January 10, 1776	American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
January 27, 1776	American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
February 27, 1776	American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
March 2, 1776	American Revolutionary War: Patriot militia units attempt to prevent capture of supply ships in and around the Savannah River by a small fleet of the Royal Navy 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.
March 4, 1776	American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
March 9, 1776	The Wealth of Nations by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith is published.
March 17, 1776	American Revolution: The British Army evacuates Boston, ending the Siege of Boston, after George Washington and Henry Knox place artillery in positions overlooking the city.
March 28, 1776	Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
April 6, 1776	American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.
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 4, 1776	Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
May 19, 1776	American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.
June 7, 1776	Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion is seconded by John Adams and will lead to the United States Declaration of Independence.
June 8, 1776	American Revolutionary War: Continental Army attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
June 11, 1776	The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
June 12, 1776	The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
June 15, 1776	Delaware Separation Day: Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
June 28, 1776	American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Sullivan's Island ends with the American victory, leading to the commemoration of Carolina Day.
June 28, 1776	American Revolutionary War: Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
July 2, 1776	American Revolution: The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not adopted until July 4.
July 4, 1776	American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
July 8, 1776	Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
July 9, 1776	George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out to members of the Continental Army in Manhattan, while thousands of British troops on Staten Island prepare for the Battle of Long Island.
July 12, 1776	Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
August 2, 1776	The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
August 27, 1776	American Revolutionary War: Members of the 1st Maryland Regiment repeatedly charged a numerically superior British force during the Battle of Long Island, allowing General Washington and the rest of the American troops to escape.
August 31, 1776	William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
September 7, 1776	According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).
September 9, 1776	The Continental Congress officially names its union of states the United States.
September 10, 1776	American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
September 11, 1776	British–American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
September 15, 1776	American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.
September 16, 1776	American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
September 17, 1776	The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain.
September 21, 1776	Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.
September 22, 1776	Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution.
October 11, 1776	American Revolution: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.
October 28, 1776	American Revolutionary War: British troops attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Continental Army.
November 16, 1776	American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.
November 20, 1776	American Revolutionary War: British forces land at the Palisades and then attack Fort Lee. The Continental Army starts to retreat across New Jersey.
November 29, 1776	During the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
December 5, 1776	Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the U.S., holds its first meeting at the College of William & Mary.
December 7, 1776	Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.
December 19, 1776	Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".
December 25, 1776	George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River at night to attack Hessian forces serving Great Britain at Trenton, New Jersey, the next day.
December 26, 1776	American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Trenton, the Continental Army attacks and successfully defeats a garrison of Hessian forces.