What happened in 1776?
76 recorded events in 1776, including 24 in wars & conflicts, 24 in people and 15 in architecture & engineering.
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Major Events 1
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US Declaration of Independence
The Second Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence, founding the United States.
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Wars & Conflicts 24
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Battle of Long Island
1776 first major battle of the American Revolutionary War to take place after the Declaration of Independence
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Battle of Trenton
1776 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Fort Washington
1776 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Valcour Island
1776 first naval battles of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of White Plains
1776 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Harlem Heights
1776 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Trois-Rivières
1776 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Landing at Kip's Bay
1776 action during American Revolutionary War
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Battle of The Cedars
1776 skirmishes of the American Revolutionary War
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Fortification of Dorchester Heights
Military action of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge
1776 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Pell's Point
1776 battle
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Spanish–Portuguese War of 1776-1777
1776-1777 war fought over the border between Spanish and Portuguese South America
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Battle of Block Island
1776 naval battle
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Battle of Sullivan's Island
1776 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Saint-Pierre
1776 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Iron Works Hill
1776 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of the Rice Boats
1776 land and naval battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet
Naval battle of American Revolutionary War near Cape May, New Jersey
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Battle of Fort Cumberland
1776 18th Century siege
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Raid on Canso (1776)
American raid on Nova Scotia
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Battle of Mamaroneck
1776 battle
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Battle of Gwynn's Island
1776 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Lindley's Fort
1776 battle
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Politics & Government 2
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Treaty of Purandar (1776)
Treaty between peshwa of the Maratha people and the British East India Company's Supreme Council
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Treaty of Watertown
The First Foreign Treaty - WATERTOWN
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People 24
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John Harrison died
British clockworker
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James Ferguson died
Scottish astronomer (1710-1776)
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Giuseppe Asclepi died
Italian astronomer and physician
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Benjamin Huntsman died
British inventor (1704-1776)
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Christian Horrebow died
Danish astronomer (1718-1776)
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Giovanni Antonio Lecchi died
Italian mathematician and engineer (1702-1776)
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John Bird died
British mathematical instrument maker
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Augustin Roux died
French encyclopedist
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Jacques de Romas died
French physicist (1713-1776)
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Esprit Pezenas died
French astronomer (1692-1776)
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Matteo Lucchesi died
Italian architect
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Domingo Vandewalle died
Spanish explorer
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Zanetta Farussi died
Italian stage actress
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Kirsha Danilov died
Russian folklorist
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Hekimbaşı Abdülaziz Efendi died
Otooman poet
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E. T. A. Hoffmann born
Born in Königsberg. German Romantic author (1776–1822).
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Sophie Germain born
Born in Paris. French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (1776-1831).
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Johann Friedrich Herbart born
Born in Oldenburg. German philosopher, psychologist, and founder of pedagogy as an academic discipline (1776-1841).
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Ioannis Kapodistrias born
Born in Corfu. Greek statesman and diplomat (1776–1831).
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Barthold Georg Niebuhr born
Born in Copenhagen. Danish-German statesman and historian (1776–1831).
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Johann Wilhelm Ritter born
Born in Zamienice. German chemist, physicist and philosopher.
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Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński born
Born in Wolsztyn. Polish philosopher.
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Joseph Görres born
Born in Koblenz. German writer and journalist (1776-1848).
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Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh born
Born in Palazzo Theodoli-Bianchelli. British prince, nephew and son-in-law of George III; (1776-1834).
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Science & Technology 2
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Babeș-Bolyai University
University in Romania
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Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb
Law school Zagreb, Croatia
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Exploration & Discovery 2
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Toluca meteorite
Iron, coarse octahedite (IAB, Og)
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USS Philadelphia
American Gunboat in 1776
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Religion & Belief Systems 3
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Noto Cathedral
Cathedral
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Church of Elijah the Prophet, Syzran
Temple in Syzran, Russia
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Abbaye de Lézat
Abbey located in Ariège, in France
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Economy & Trade 1
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Bolshoi Ballet
Ballet company in Moscow, Russia
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Architecture & Engineering 15
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Tsaritsyno Park + palace
Palace and park ensemble in Moscow, Russia
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Kremlin Senate
Palace
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St Paul's Church
Church of England church in Birmingham, UK
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Saint Catherine's Armenian Church
Church in Russia
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Mission San Francisco de Asís
Mission in San Francisco
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Petrovsky Palace, Moscow
Historic 18th century palace located in Moscow, Russia
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Saharna Monastery
Architectural monument of national importance in Moldova
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Kartal Surp Nişan Armenian Orthodox Church
Church building in İstanbul, Turkey
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Spind church
Church building in Farsund, Southern Norway
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Pałac Ursynów
Palace in Warsaw, Poland
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White House in Łazienki
Villa in Warsaw, Poland
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Palacio Domecq
Cultural property in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
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Cittadella Duomo
Church building in Cittadella, Italy
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St John's Church, Wolverhampton
Church in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK
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Parish Church of St Mary and St Giles
Church in Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
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Sports & Entertainment 1
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Bolshoi Theatre
Historic theatre in Moscow, Russia
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Empires & Countries 1
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Empire of Great Fulo dissolved
Empire of Great Fulo ceased to exist, having been centered at Futa Tooro.
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