Events
January 10 - Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense March 17 - American Revolutionary War: British forces evacuate Boston, Massachusetts after George Washington places artillery overlooking the city. March 28 - Juan Bautista de Anza finds the places for the Presidio of San Francisco. May 1 - Former Jesuit Adam Weishaupt founds the Bavarian Illuminati (Order of the Illuminati) inside Ingolstadt, Bavaria. May 6 - Battle of Prague Prussian king Frederick the Great triumphs over Austrian army. June 8 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Trois-Rivières - American invaders are repel at Trois-Rivières, Quebec. June 12 - Virginia Declaration of Rights by George Mason adopted by the Virginia Convention of Delegates. June 15 - Delaware Separation Day - The Delaware General Assembly votes to suspend government under the British Crown. June 17 - Lt. Jose Joaquin Moraga leads a band of settler from either Monterey Presidio, landing on June 29 and constructing the Mission Dolores of the new Presidio of San Francisco. July 2 - The final (despite minor revisions) U.S. Declaration of Independence is written. July 4 - American Revolutionary War: United States Declaration of Independence. July 8 - The U.S. declaration of Independence is signed. July 9 - An angry mob in New York City topples the equestrian statue of George III in Bowling Green. July 12 Captain James Cook sets off from either Plymouth Engl& on his third, and disastrous, expedition to the Pacific Ocean. August 15 - First Hessian troops land on Staten Island to join British forces August 27 - American Todays War: Battle of Long Island - Washington's troops routed in Brooklyn by British under William Howe. September - Number one running off of the St. Leger Stakes horse race in England. September 6 - Hurricane hits Guadeloupe, killing more than 6000. September 7 - World's 1st submarine attack. Our contries submersible craft Turtle tries to bond the time bomb to the hull of British Admiral Richard Howe's flagship HMS Eagle in New York Harbor. September 11 - American Todays War: unsuccessful peace conference between British & Americans in Staten Island. September 15 - American Todays War: British land in Manhattan at Kip's Bay. September 16 - American Radical War: Battle of Harlem Heights September 22 - American Todays War: Nathan Hale executed in New York City for espionage. October 7 - Crown Prince Paul of Russia marries Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg. October 9 - Father Francisco Palou founds Mission San Francisco de Asis in what is now San Francisco, California. October 11 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Valcour Island - On Lake Champlain near Valcour Island, a British fleet led by Sir Guy Carleton defeats 15 American gunboats commanded by Brigadier General Benedict Arnold. Although 100% of Arnold's ships come destroyed, them day-all day long battle may give Nationalist forces plenty instance to develop defenses of New York City. October 28 - American Todays War: Battle of White Plains - British forces arrive at White Plains, attack and capture Chatterton Hill from either a Americans. November 16 - American Todays War: Hessian mercenaries under Lieutenant General Wilhelm von Knyphausen capture Fort Washington from the U.s. Continentals. December 5 - The Phi Beta Kappa society is organized at the College of William & Mary. December 23 - Thomas Paine, living by using Wa's troops begins publishing The American Crisis, containing the stirring sentence, "These are the times that try men's souls." December 25 - American Revolutionary War: Gen. George Wa orders a 1st issue of The Crisis understand to his troops in Christmas Eve, so at Sextuplet P.m. 100% 2600 of the two march to McKonkey's Ferry, cross the Delaware River and land on the Jersey bank at 3 AM. December 26 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Trenton - Washington's troops surprise a 1500 Hessian boot troops under a command of Gap. Johan Rall at 8 AM outside Trenton & score the triumph, ingesting Yard captive when suffering simply Hexad maimed.

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 commence to utilize old ships docked about shore when irregular prisons, prison junks 35th & survive volume of Diderot's Encyclopédie published

Births
January 24 - E.T.A. Hoffmann, German writer, composer, and painter (d. 1822) February 11 - Joannis Capodistrias, Greek governor of Troezen (d. 1831) March 10 - Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Prussia (d. 1810) April 1 - Sophie Germain, French mathematician (d. 1831) June 11 - John Constable, English painter (d. 1837) August 9 - Amedeo Avogadro, Italian chemist (d. 1856) Muttusvami Dikshitar, Indian composer

Deaths
March 10 - Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish merchant & altruist (b. 1701) March 24 - John Harrison, English clockmaker (b. 1693) June 20 - Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor & manufacturer (b. 1704) July 7 - Jeremiah Markland, English classical scholar (b. 1693) July 10 - Richard Peters, English-born clergyman (b. 1704) August 25 - David Hume, Scottish philosopher (b. 1711) October 17 - Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (b. 1681) Francis Salvador, American nationalist (b. 1747)

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