What happened in 1776?

US Declaration of Independence

Major Events · Philadelphia, USA

The Second Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence, founding the United States.

Battle of Long Island

Wars & Conflicts

1776 first major battle of the American Revolutionary War to take place after the Declaration of Independence

Battle of Trenton

Wars & Conflicts

1776 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Fort Washington

Wars & Conflicts · New York City

1776 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Valcour Island

Wars & Conflicts · Valcour Island

1776 first naval battles of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of White Plains

Wars & Conflicts · White Plains

1776 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Harlem Heights

Wars & Conflicts · New York City

1776 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Trois-Rivières

Wars & Conflicts · Battle of Trois-Rivières National Historic Site

1776 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Landing at Kip's Bay

Wars & Conflicts · Kips Bay

1776 action during American Revolutionary War

Battle of The Cedars

Wars & Conflicts · Battle of the Cedars National Historic Site

1776 skirmishes of the American Revolutionary War

Fortification of Dorchester Heights

Wars & Conflicts · Dorchester Heights

Military action of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge

Wars & Conflicts

1776 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Pell's Point

Wars & Conflicts · The Bronx

1776 battle

Spanish–Portuguese War of 1776-1777

Wars & Conflicts · South America

1776-1777 war fought over the border between Spanish and Portuguese South America

Battle of Block Island

Wars & Conflicts

1776 naval battle

Battle of Sullivan's Island

Wars & Conflicts · Sullivan's Island

1776 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Saint-Pierre

Wars & Conflicts

1776 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Iron Works Hill

Wars & Conflicts · Mount Holly

1776 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of the Rice Boats

Wars & Conflicts · Savannah

1776 land and naval battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet

Wars & Conflicts · Turtle Gut Inlet

Naval battle of American Revolutionary War near Cape May, New Jersey

Battle of Fort Cumberland

Wars & Conflicts

1776 18th Century siege

Raid on Canso (1776)

Wars & Conflicts · Canso

American raid on Nova Scotia

Battle of Mamaroneck

Wars & Conflicts · Mamaroneck

1776 battle

Battle of Gwynn's Island

Wars & Conflicts

1776 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Lindley's Fort

Wars & Conflicts · Laurens County

1776 battle

Ambush of Geary

Wars & Conflicts · Amwell Township

1776 skirmish of the American Revolutionary War in New Jersey

Fort Moultrie

Wars & Conflicts

historic district in the United States

Fort Washington

Wars & Conflicts

former fort in Manhattan

Fort Montgomery

Wars & Conflicts

American Revolutionary War fort near West Point on the Hudson River

Fort Cricket Hill

Wars & Conflicts

place in Virginia listed on National Register of historic Places

New York and New Jersey Campaign

Wars & Conflicts · New York

Campaign in NJ

Washington's crossing of the Delaware River

Wars & Conflicts · Washington Crossing

1776 military operation

Raid of Nassau

Wars & Conflicts · Nassau

1776 naval operation and amphibious assault by Colonial forces against the British port of Nassau, Bahamas, during the American Revolutionary War

Treaty of Purandar (1776)

Politics & Government · Purandar Fort

Treaty between peshwa of the Maratha people and the British East India Company's Supreme Council

Treaty of Watertown

Politics & Government · Watertown

The First Foreign Treaty - WATERTOWN

John Harrison died

People · London

British clockworker

James Ferguson died

People · Edinburgh

Scottish astronomer (1710-1776)

Giuseppe Asclepi died

People · Rome

Italian astronomer and physician

Benjamin Huntsman died

People · Attercliffe

British inventor (1704-1776)

Christian Horrebow died

People · Copenhagen

Danish astronomer (1718-1776)

Giovanni Antonio Lecchi died

People · Milan

Italian mathematician and engineer (1702-1776)

John Bird died

People · Greater London

British mathematical instrument maker

Augustin Roux died

People · Paris

French encyclopedist

Jacques de Romas died

People · Nérac

French physicist (1713-1776)

Esprit Pezenas died

People · Avignon

French astronomer (1692-1776)

Matteo Lucchesi died

People · Venice

Italian architect

Domingo Vandewalle died

People · La Palma

Spanish explorer

Zanetta Farussi died

People · Dresden

Italian stage actress

Kirsha Danilov died

People · Nevyansk

Russian folklorist

Hekimbaşı Abdülaziz Efendi died

People · Üsküdar

Otooman poet

E. T. A. Hoffmann born

People · Königsberg

Born in Königsberg. German Romantic author (1776–1822).

Sophie Germain born

People · Paris

Born in Paris. French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (1776-1831).

Johann Friedrich Herbart born

People · Oldenburg

Born in Oldenburg. German philosopher, psychologist, and founder of pedagogy as an academic discipline (1776-1841).

Ioannis Kapodistrias born

People · Corfu

Born in Corfu. Greek statesman and diplomat (1776–1831).

Barthold Georg Niebuhr born

People · Copenhagen

Born in Copenhagen. Danish-German statesman and historian (1776–1831).

Johann Wilhelm Ritter born

People · Zamienice

Born in Zamienice. German chemist, physicist and philosopher.

Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński born

People · Wolsztyn

Born in Wolsztyn. Polish philosopher.

Joseph Görres born

People · Koblenz

Born in Koblenz. German writer and journalist (1776-1848).

Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh born

People · Palazzo Theodoli-Bianchelli

Born in Palazzo Theodoli-Bianchelli. British prince, nephew and son-in-law of George III; (1776-1834).

Caroline of Baden born

People · Karlsruhe

Born in Karlsruhe. Queen consort of Bavaria.

Yeongjo of Joseon died

People · Gyeonghuigung

Died in Gyeonghuigung. 21st King of Joseon Dynasty in Korean history.

Hsinbyushin died

People · Inwa

Died in Inwa. Burmese king.

Seku Amadu born

People · Macina

Born in Macina. Founder/ Massina empire.

Babeș-Bolyai University

Science & Technology

University in Romania

Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb

Science & Technology · Andrija Medulić local board

Law school Zagreb, Croatia

Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd

Science & Technology

Education organization in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany

Toluca meteorite

Exploration & Discovery

Iron, coarse octahedite (IAB, Og)

USS Philadelphia

Exploration & Discovery · National Museum of American History

American Gunboat in 1776

Noto Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Cathedral

Church of Elijah the Prophet, Syzran

Religion & Belief Systems

Temple in Syzran, Russia

Abbaye de Lézat

Religion & Belief Systems

Abbey located in Ariège, in France

Mission San Juan Capistrano

Religion & Belief Systems

Former Spanish mission in California

Basilique Notre-Dame de Bonne-Espérance

Religion & Belief Systems

Former abbey church and basilica in Belgium

Reformed Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Morges in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland

Saint Vincent Ferrer Parish Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic church in Dupax del Sur, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines

Church of the Resurrection of Christ from Patakino (Suzdal)

Religion & Belief Systems

Lutheran church in Cinkota

Religion & Belief Systems

Xinzhuang BaoYuan Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Sint-Rochuskapel

Religion & Belief Systems · Thorn

Chapel in Thorn, Netherlands

Church of the Assumption in Grzegorzew

Religion & Belief Systems

Sant’Andrea Parish Church

Religion & Belief Systems · Sigirino

Church building in Sigirino in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland

Centre Presbyterian Church, Session House and Cemeteries

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in North Carolina, United States of America

Little Fork Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Virginia, United States of America

chapelle Saint-Vincent-de-Paul d'Urbach

Religion & Belief Systems

Chapel located in Moselle, in France

St. Leonhard

Religion & Belief Systems · Schönenberg

Parish church in Schönenberg, Jettingen-Scheppach, Germany

Kněžnin kříž

Religion & Belief Systems · Hodonín

Tuomiorovasti rectory

Religion & Belief Systems

Clergy house in Kuopio, Finland

Catholic Church of St. Fiden

Religion & Belief Systems

Church buildings in the city of St. Gallen, Switzerland

Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Pogost Krest

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Russia

Chaplain's House

Religion & Belief Systems

Stately stone house in Ernen in the canton of Valais, Switzerland

Bolshoi Ballet

Economy & Trade · Moscow

Ballet company in Moscow, Russia

Great Fire of New York

Disasters & Pandemics

Major fire in New York

Tsaritsyno Park + palace

Architecture & Engineering

Palace and park ensemble in Moscow, Russia

Kremlin Senate

Architecture & Engineering

Palace

St Paul's Church

Architecture & Engineering · Birmingham

Church of England church in Birmingham, UK

Saint Catherine's Armenian Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Russia

Mission San Francisco de Asís

Architecture & Engineering

Mission in San Francisco

Petrovsky Palace, Moscow

Architecture & Engineering

Historic 18th century palace located in Moscow, Russia

Saharna Monastery

Architecture & Engineering

Architectural monument of national importance in Moldova

Kartal Surp Nişan Armenian Orthodox Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in İstanbul, Turkey

Spind church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Farsund, Southern Norway

Pałac Ursynów

Architecture & Engineering

Palace in Warsaw, Poland

White House in Łazienki

Architecture & Engineering · Royal Park in Łazienki

Villa in Warsaw, Poland

Palacio Domecq

Architecture & Engineering

Cultural property in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain

Cittadella Duomo

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Cittadella, Italy

St John's Church, Wolverhampton

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK

Parish Church of St Mary and St Giles

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Okak

Architecture & Engineering · Okak Harbour

Human settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Fort Randolph

Architecture & Engineering

Former fort in Point Pleasant, West Virginia

Fort McHenry

Architecture & Engineering · Baltimore

United States fort in Baltimore, Maryland

San Carlos Fortress

Architecture & Engineering

Spanish-built fort in Perote, Mexico

Fontaine des Trois Grâces

Architecture & Engineering

Sculpture and fountain in Montpellier, France

Saint Zachary and Elisabeth Church (Tobolsk)

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Russia

Church of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (Saint Petersburg)

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Russia

Saint Hripsime Church (Goris)

Architecture & Engineering

Church

Church of the Translation of the Relics of Saint Nicholas, Turka

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Turka, Ukraine

Washington's Crossing

Architecture & Engineering

historic landmark for the location of George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River, in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania

Hudson River Chain

Architecture & Engineering · Hudson Bay

River barriers used during the American Revolutionary War

Rimokatolička crkva Sv. Josipa

Architecture & Engineering

Bolshoi Theatre

Sports & Entertainment · Moscow

Historic theatre in Moscow, Russia

Empire of Great Fulo dissolved

Empires & Countries · Futa Tooro

Empire of Great Fulo ceased to exist, having been centered at Futa Tooro.

New Jersey founded

Empires & Countries · Trenton

New Jersey was founded, with its capital at Trenton.