WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO NOVEMBER 1776
Find out what all happened May to November 1776

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

American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army. (10. September 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)

American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots. (16. November 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 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: British forces land at the Palisades and then attack Fort Lee. The Continental Army starts to retreat across New Jersey. (20. November 1776)

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

American Revolutionary War: Battle of Valcour Island – On Lake Champlain a fleet of American boats is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777. (11. October 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)

According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist). (7. September 1776)

First privateer battle of the American Revolutionary War fought at Turtle Gut Inlet near Cape May, New Jersey (29. June 1776)

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

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

American Revolutionary War: the Battle of Harlem Heights is fought. (16. September 1776)

American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States. (16. November 1776)

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

Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during American Revolution. (22. September 1776)

British-American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War. (11. September 1776)

Benjamin Franklin departs from America for France on a mission to seek French support for the American Revolution. (26. October 1776)