WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO AUGUST 1776
Find out what all happened April to August 1776

Father Francisco Palou founds Mission San Francisco de Asis in what is now San Francisco, California. (29. June 1776)

American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress. The United States declared its independence in 1776. (4. July 1776)

Battle of Long Island: in what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington. (27. August 1776)

The Battle of Sullivan's Island ends with the first decisive American victory in the American Revolutionary War leading to the commemoration of Carolina Day. (28. June 1776)

American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars. (19. May 1776)

George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out loud to members of the Continental Army in New York, New York, for the first time. (9. July 1776)

The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place. (2. August 1776)

The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not approved until July 4. (2. July 1776)

American Revolutionary War: word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London. (10. August 1776)

American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat. (6. April 1776)

Captain James Cook begins his third voyage. (12. July 1776)

Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition. (28. June 1776)

Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III. (4. May 1776)

The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence. (11. June 1776)

The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted. (12. June 1776)

Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt (Upper Bavaria), by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt. (1. May 1776)

Captain John Barry and the USS Lexington captures the Edward. (7. April 1776)

American Revolution: the Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence. (15. May 1776)

American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain. (12. April 1776)

American Revolutionary War: Battle of Trois-Rivières – American attackers are driven back at Trois-Rivières, Quebec. (8. June 1776)