Today in American Revolutionary War History
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Historical Events
Events 1 - 13 of 13
1771-05-16 - The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called "The Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.
1773-10-14 - American Revolutionary War: The United Kingdom's East India Company tea ships' cargo are burned at Annapolis, Maryland.
1775-05-17 - American Revolutionary War: the Continental Congress bans trade with Canada.
1775-09-25 - American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen captured
1776-03-04 - The American War of Independence: The Americans capture "Dorchester Heights" dominating the port of Boston, Massachusetts.
1776-08-10 - American Revolutionary War: word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
1776-12-26 - George Washington defeats Hessians at Battle of Trenton in American Revolutionary War
1777-03-08 - Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.
1777-07-07 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Hubbardton
1777-08-28 - American Revolutionary War - Battle of Cooch's Bridge takes place near Newark, Delaware.
1777-09-03 - Cooch's Bridge - Skirmish of American Revolutionary war in New Castle County, Delaware where the Flag of the United States was flown in battle for the first time.
First US President George Washington
1780-10-16 - Royalton, Vermont and Tunbridge, Vermont last major raid of the American Revolutionary War.
1783-11-02 - General George Washington, later 1st American President, bids farewell to his army after the American Revolutionary War
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 5 of 5
1718-01-07 - Israel Putnam, American Revolutionary War general (d. 1790)
1744-09-20 - Thomas Grosvenor, American Revolutionary War hero (d. 1825)
1745-03-10 - John Gunby, Maryland Soldier in the American Revolutionary War (d. 1807)
1747-03-04 - Casimir Pulaski, Count/American Revolutionary War general
1750-05-02 - John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1780)
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 9 of 9
1775-12-31 - Richard Montgomery, General in Continental Army during American Revolutionary War, dies in attack on Quebec
1776-07-01 - Francis Salvador, 1st Jew to die in American Revolutionary War
1776-12-26 - Johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle in American Revolutionary War
1777-01-12 - Hugh Mercer, American Revolutionary War officer (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1726)
1779-01-22 - Claudius Smith, American Revolutionary War loyalist (b. 1736)
1790-05-29 - Israel Putnam, American Revolutionary War general (b. 1718)
1802-02-26 - Esek Hopkins, American Revolutionary War admiral (b. 1718)
1807-05-17 - John Gunby, Maryland Soldier in the American Revolutionary War (b. 1745)
1825-07-11 - Thomas P. Grosvenor, American Revolutionary War soldier (b. 1744)
