1776 in the United States

1776 is celebrated in the United States as the official beginning of the nation, with the Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies from the British Empire issued on July 4.

1776
in
the United States

Decades:
  • 1770s
  • 1780s
  • 1790s
See also:

Events

January

February

  • February 27 – American Revolution: 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 town.
  • February 29 – The Boston News-Letter ceased publication.

March

April

May

June

June 28: The United States Declaration of Independence is presented to the Congress

July

  • July 1 – American Revolution: Congress sitting as a committee of the whole votes in favor of independence.
  • July 2 – American Revolution: The final (despite minor revisions) U.S. Declaration of Independence is written. The full Continental Congress passes the Lee Resolution.
  • July 3 – American Revolution: British troops first land on Staten Island, which will become the longest occupied land for the duration of the conflict.

July

August

September

October

November

December

Undated

Births

JanuaryJune

  • January 1 James M. Broom, politician (died 1850)
  • January 2 Jeremiah Chaplin, Reformed Baptist theologian (died 1841)
  • January 16 Matthew Brown, college president (died 1853)
  • January 21 Elisha Haley, politician (died 1860)
  • January 24 Peter A. Jay, politician (died 1843)
  • February 26 Innis Green, congressman for Pennsylvania (died 1839)
  • March 1
    • John Collins, manufacturer and politician (died 1822)
    • Elias Moore, American-born politician (died 1847 in Canada)
  • March 3 James Parker, politician (died 1868)
  • March 5 Gerard Troost, mineralogist (died 1850)
  • March 8
    • David Rogerson Williams, politician (died 1830)
    • Samuel Tweedy, politician (died 1868)
  • March 17 Joel Abbot, politician (died 1826)
  • March 19 Philemon Beecher, politician (died 1839)
  • March 20 Joshua Bates, educator (died 1854)
  • April 6 Jesse Bledsoe, U.S. senator from Kentucky from 1813 to 1814 (died 1836)
  • April 25 James Miller, politician and military general (died 1851)
  • May 5 Valentine Efner, politician (died 1865)
  • May 6 Rensselaer Westerlo, politician (died 1851)
  • May 13 Jett Thomas, militia general (died 1817)
  • May 17 Amos Eaton, naturalist and pioneer of scientific education (died 1842)
  • May 18 Dennis Pennington, politician (died 1854)
  • May 31 José Antonio de la Garza, mayor (died 1851)
  • June 1 George Schetky, violoncellist and composer (died 1831)
  • June 4 Isaac B. Van Houten, politician (died 1850)
  • June 6 William Reed, politician (died 1837)
  • June 19 Francis Johnson, congressman (died 1842)
  • June 23 Stephen Longfellow, politician (died 1849)

JulyDecember

  • July 1 Samuel Thatcher, politician (died 1872)
  • July 4 Ethan Allen Brown, politician (died 1852)
  • July 5
    • Daniel Dobbins, captain in the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service (died 1856)
    • Bernard Smith, politician (died 1835)
  • July 10 Samuel Powell, politician (died 1841)
  • July 29 James McSherry, politician (died 1849)
  • August 13 Abraham Shepherd, politician (died 1847)
  • August 21 Joseph Healy, politician (died 1861)
  • August 26 Henry A. Livingston, politician (died 1849)
  • September 1 Ezekiel Bacon, politician (died 1870)
  • September 4 Stephen Whitney, merchant (died 1860)
  • September 9 Parmenio Adams, politician (died 1832)
  • September 15
  • September 17 Langdon Cheves, politician (died 1857)
  • October 18 Cowles Mead, politician (died 1844)
  • October 30
  • October 31 Francis Locke, politician (died 1823)
  • November 1 Abraham McClellan, politician (died 1851)
  • November 7 Bartow White, politician (died 1862)
  • November 10
    • Samuel Gross, politician (died 1839)
    • General Washington Johnston, politician (died 1833)
  • December 1
  • December 7 Reuben Whallon, politician (died 1843)
  • December 8 William Logan, U.S. senator from Kentucky from 1819 to 1820 (died 1822)
  • December 10 David Marchand, politician (died 1832)
  • December 13 James Hawkes, congressman (died 1865)
  • December 25 John Slater, businessman (died 1843)
  • December 30 William Drayton, politician (died 1846)

Deaths

  • March 26 Samuel Ward, politician (born 1725)
  • March 30 Jonathan Belcher, lawyer, chief justice, and lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia (born 1710)
  • June 28 Thomas Hickey, sergeant in the Commander-in-Chief's Guard, tried and executed for mutiny and sedition (birth unknown)
  • August 1 Francis Salvador, patriot (born 1747)
  • September 22 Nathan Hale, spy (born 1755; executed)
  • December 27 Johann Rall, Hessian colonel (born c.1726)

See also

References

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