Today in the History of the American Revolutionary War
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Historical Events
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1771-05-16 - The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called "The Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.
1773-10-14 - American Revolutionary War: The United Kingdom's East India Company tea ships' cargo are burned at Annapolis, Maryland.
1775-05-17 - American Revolutionary War: the Continental Congress bans trade with Canada.
1775-09-25 - American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen captured
1776-03-04 - The American War of Independence: The Americans capture "Dorchester Heights" dominating the port of Boston, Massachusetts.
1776-08-10 - American Revolutionary War: word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
1777-03-08 - Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.
1777-07-07 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Hubbardton
1777-08-28 - American Revolutionary War - Battle of Cooch's Bridge takes place near Newark, Delaware.
1777-09-03 - Cooch's Bridge - Skirmish of American Revolutionary war in New Castle County, Delaware where the Flag of the United States was flown in battle for the first time.
1780-10-16 - Royalton, Vermont and Tunbridge, Vermont last major raid of the American Revolutionary War.
Famous Birthdays
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1718-01-07 - Israel Putnam, American Revolutionary War general (d. 1790)
1744-09-20 - Thomas Grosvenor, American Revolutionary War hero (d. 1825)
1745-03-10 - John Gunby, Maryland Soldier in the American Revolutionary War (d. 1807)
1747-03-04 - Casimir Pulaski, Count/American Revolutionary War general
1750-05-02 - John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1780)
Famous Deaths
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1776-07-01 - Francis Salvador, 1st Jew to die in American Revolutionary War
1777-01-12 - Hugh Mercer, American Revolutionary War officer (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1726)
1779-01-22 - Claudius Smith, American Revolutionary War loyalist (b. 1736)
1790-05-29 - Israel Putnam, American Revolutionary War general (b. 1718)
1802-02-26 - Esek Hopkins, American Revolutionary War admiral (b. 1718)
1807-05-17 - John Gunby, Maryland Soldier in the American Revolutionary War (b. 1745)
1825-07-11 - Thomas P. Grosvenor, American Revolutionary War soldier (b. 1744)
