1776 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar).

Events

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• Adam Smith publishes The Wealth of Nations
• Edward Gibbon publishes The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
• Austria abolishes death penalty and torture and decriminalizes witchcraft
• British begin to use old ships docked close to shore as temporary prisons, prison junks
• Signing of the United States Declaration of Independence

January

• January 10 - Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense
• January 20 - American Revolutionary War: South Carolina Loyalists led by Robert Cunningham sign a petition from prison agreeing to all demands for peace by the newly formed state government of South Carolina.

February

• February 27 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge: North Carolina Loyalists charge across Moore's Creek bridge near Wilmington to attack what they mistakenly believe to be a small force of rebels. Several loyalist leaders are killed in the ensuing battle. The patriot victory virtually ends all British authority in the colony.

March

• March 4 - The American War of Independence: The Americans capture "Dorchester Heights" dominating the port of Boston, Massachusetts.
• March 17 - American Revolutionary War: British forces evacuate Boston, Massachusetts after George Washington commands the placement of artillery overlooking the city at Dorchester Heights.
• March 28 - Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.

April

• April 12 - American Revolutionary War: The Royal Colony of North Carolina produces the Halifax Resolves making it the first British colony to officially authorize its Continental Congress delegates to vote for independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain.

May

• May 1 - Adam Weishaupt founds the Bavarian Illuminati (Order of the Illuminati) in Ingolstadt, Bavaria.

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@huny Just got the fax. Very excited. 1776. The launch of the neverending dynasty! :)
TheLastDeed (G) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:06:51 -0000
@huny Just got the fax. Very excited. 1776. The launch of the neverending dynasty! :)
Just noticed my followers number 1776. Wish I could keep that number. Has a nice ring.
dnoxon (Dan Noxon) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:36:45 -0000
Just noticed my followers number 1776. Wish I could keep that number. Has a nice ring.
Nathan Hale,1776 "I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country." http://bit.ly/4mYCKk America's first spy.I like his statue
jackellice (Elijah Aurora) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:33:04 -0000
Nathan Hale,1776 "I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country." http://bit.ly/4mYCKk America's first spy.I like his statue
2) ...are doomed to repeat it." WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED FROM 1776? Apparently people need to brush up on conditions leading to Amer. Rev.
ConsrvtvMama (E) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:18:10 -0000
2) ...are doomed to repeat it." WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED FROM 1776? Apparently people need to brush up on conditions leading to Amer. Rev.
Nieuws: Wethouders dreigden op te stappen, http://www.inoisterwijk.nl/nieuws_en_actualiteiten/NieuwsDetail.asp?ID=1776
oisterwijk (inOisterwijk.nl) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:14:54 -0000
Nieuws: Wethouders dreigden op te stappen, http://www.inoisterwijk.nl/nieuws_en_actualiteiten/NieuwsDetail.asp?ID=1776
Nouvel article: RIM toujours devant aux USA! http://www.blackberry-fr.com/1776/rim-toujours-devant-aux-usa/
blackberryfr (Alexandre Matti) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:17:32 -0000
Nouvel article: RIM toujours devant aux USA! http://www.blackberry-fr.com/1776/rim-toujours-devant-aux-usa/

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