Today in History for June 1776
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Months in 1776: January February March April May July August September October November December
Historical Events
Events 1 - 7 of 7
7th - Richard Lee (VA) moves Decl of Independence in Continental Congress
11th - Continental Congress creates committee (Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston) to draft a Declaration of Independence
12th - Virginia adopts Declaration of Rights
23rd - Final draft of Declaration of Independence submitted to US Congress
28th - Charleston, SC repulses British sea attack
29th - Mission Dolores founded by SF Bay
29th - Virginia state constitution adopted & Patrick Henry made governor
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 2 of 2
1st - John George Schetky, composer
11th - John Constable, England, landscape painter (Hay Wain)
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 4 of 4
10th - Leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier (b. 1722)
20th - Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (b. 1704)
27th - Thomas Hickey, plan to hand George Washington to British, executed
28th - Thomas Hickey, American sergeant convicted of treason, hanged
