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== Events ==
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=== January–March ===
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* [[January 12]] – [[Mission Santa Clara de Asís]] is founded in what becomes [[Santa Clara, California]].
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* [[January 15]] – [[Vermont]] declares its independence from New York, becoming the [[Vermont Republic]], an independent country, a status it retains until it joins the United States as the 14th state in [[1791]].
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*[[February 5]] – Under the [[Constitution of Georgia (U.S. state)|1st Constitution of Georgia]], 8 counties are chartered: [[Burke County, Georgia|Burke]], [[Camden County, Georgia|Camden]], [[Chatham County, Georgia|Chatham]], [[Effingham County, Georgia|Effingham]], [[Glynn County, Georgia|Glynn]], [[Liberty County, Georgia|Liberty]], [[Richmond County, Georgia|Richmond]], and [[Wilkes County, Georgia|Wilkes]]. This dissolves the existing parishes of St. George, St. Mary's, St. Thomas, St. Phillip, Christ Church, St. David, St. Matthews, St. Andrew, St. James, St. Johns, and St. Paul.
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* [[February 24]] – King [[Joseph I of Portugal]] dies, and is succeeded by his brother and son-in-law [[Peter III of Portugal]], and his daughter [[Maria I of Portugal]].
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* [[March 4]] – The Fourth Continental Congress, with [[John Hancock]] as President, begins a 199 day session in [[Philadelphia]], lasting until September 18.
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* [[March 29]]–[[March 30|30]] – [[Third voyage of James Cook]]: English explorer [[James Cook|Captain Cook]] discovers [[Mangaia]] and [[Atiu]] in the [[Cook Islands]].
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=== April–June ===
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* [[April 1]] – [[Friedrich Maximilian Klinger]]'s play ''[[Sturm und Drang (play)|Sturm und Drang]]'' is premiered by the [[Seyler Theatre Company]] in [[Leipzig]], giving its name to the whole ''[[Sturm und Drang]]'' movement in [[German literature]].
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* [[May 8]] – [[Richard Brinsley Sheridan]]'s [[comedy of manners]], ''[[The School for Scandal]]'', is first performed at the [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane]] in London.
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* [[May 16]] – [[Lachlan McIntosh]] and [[Button Gwinnett]] shoot each other during a [[duel]] near [[Savannah, Georgia]]. Gwinnett, a signer of the [[United States Declaration of Independence]], dies three days later.
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* [[June 13]] – [[American Revolution]]: The [[Marquis de Lafayette]] lands near [[Georgetown, South Carolina]], to help the [[Continental Congress]] train its army.
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* [[June 14]] – The [[Flag of the United States|Stars and Stripes]] is adopted by the [[Continental Congress]] as the [[flag of the United States]].
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* [[June 21]] – [[Encyclopædia Britannica Second Edition|''Encyclopædia Britannica'' Second Edition]] begins publication in [[Edinburgh]].
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=== July–December ===
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* [[July 8]] – The [[Constitution of Vermont (1777)|1777 Constitution]] of [[Vermont]] is signed, officially abolishing slavery.
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* [[July 6]] – [[American Revolutionary War]] – [[Siege of Fort Ticonderoga (1777)|Siege of Fort Ticonderoga]]: After a bombardment by [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] artillery under General [[John Burgoyne]], American forces retreat from [[Fort Ticonderoga]], [[New York (state)|New York]].
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* [[November 15]] – [[American Revolution]]: After 16 months of debate, the [[Continental Congress]] approves the [[Articles of Confederation]], in the temporary American capital at [[York, Pennsylvania]].
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* [[November 17]] – [[American Revolution]]: The [[Articles of Confederation]] are submitted to the states for ratification.
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* [[November 29]] – [[San Jose, California]] is founded. It is the first ''[[pueblo]]'' in Spanish [[Alta California]].
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* [[December 18]] – The United States celebrates its first [[Thanksgiving]], marking October's victory by the American rebels over British General [[John Burgoyne]] at Saratoga.
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* [[December 24]] – [[Third voyage of James Cook]]: English explorer [[James Cook|Captain Cook]] locates [[Kiritimati]] (Christmas Island).
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* [[December 30]] – [[Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria]] dies and is succeeded by his distant cousin [[Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria]].
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=== Date unknown ===
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* The [[code duello]] is adopted at the [[Clonmel]] Summer [[Assizes]] as the form for pistol [[duel]]s by gentlemen in Ireland. It is quickly denounced, but nevertheless widely adopted throughout the English-speaking world.
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* [[Kunsthochschule Kassel]] is founded in Germany as a fine arts academy.
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* [[Det Dramatiske Selskab (Denmark)|Det Dramatiske Selskab]] is founded in Copenhagen (Denmark) as an acting academy.</onlyinclude>
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Revision as of 23:56, 28 February 2021

1767 < 1768 < 1769 < 1770 < 1771 < 1772 < 1773 <1774 < 1775 < 1776 < 1777 > 1778 > 1779 > 1780 > 1781 > 1782 > 1783 > 1784 > 1785 > 1786 > 1787
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First meeting of Washington and Lafayette, Currier and Ives 1876.jpg
The French king sends the Marquis de Lafayette to direct the American insurgents

Events

January–March

April–June

July–December

Date unknown


 

Event

EventStartEnd
American War of Independence19 April 17753 September 1783

 

A Birth

TitleBornPlace of birthDied
Nathan Mayer Rothschild16 September 1777Frankfurt-am-Main28 July 1836
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