Explore 456 historical events from 1770–1779.
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence or simply the American Revolution, was the armed conflict that comprised the fin…
American Revolutionary War: British general John Burgoyne's Saratoga campaign ended with his surrender to the…
The Virginia Declaration of Rights was drafted in 1776 to proclaim the inherent rights of men, including the right to reform or abolish "inadequate" government. It influenced a num…
The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted
Captain James Cook was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer, and cartographer who led three voyages of exploration to the Pacific and Southern Oceans between 1768 and 1779. He co…
Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
Ezra Lee was an American colonial soldier, best known for commanding and operating the one-man Turtle submarine.
According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to…
The Presidio of San Francisco is a park and former U.S. Army post on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula in San Francisco, California, and is part of the Golden Gate Na…
The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain.
Nathan Hale was an American Patriot, soldier, and spy for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission in New Yo…
Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution.
The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was an English colony on the eastern coast of North America, founded in 1636 on former land of the Narragansett tribe by Purit…
Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence or simply the American Revolution, was the armed conflict that comprised the fin…
American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars
Richard Henry Lee was an American statesman and Founding Father from Virginia, best known for the June 1776 Lee Resolution, the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling fo…
Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress
Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh was the eleventh child and fourth daughter of King George III and his consort Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (died 1857)
José Domingo de la Merced de La Mar y Cortázar was a Peruvian military leader and politician who served as the third President of Peru.
José de La Mar, Peruvian military leader, President of Peru (died 1830)
Simon Fraser was a Canadian explorer and fur trader who charted much of what is now the Canadian province of British Columbia. He also built the first European settlement in Britis…
Simon Fraser, American-Canadian fur trader and explorer (died 1862)
Thomas Rickman was an English architect and architectural antiquary who was a major figure in the Gothic Revival. He is particularly remembered for his Attempt to Discriminate the …
Thomas Rickman, English architect and architectural antiquary (died 1841)
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence or simply the American Revolution, was the armed conflict that comprised the fin…
American Revolutionary War: Continental Army attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières
The Continental Congress was a series of legislative bodies, with some executive function, who acted as the Provisional Government for the Thirteen Colonies of Great Britain in Nor…
The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence or simply the American Revolution, was the armed conflict that comprised the fin…
American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Sullivan's Island ends with the American victory, leading to the commemoration
Thomas Hickey was an Irish-born soldier who served in the French and Indian War and American Revolutionary War, and was the first Continental Army soldier to be executed for "mutin…
American Revolutionary War: Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hange
John Constable was an English landscape painter in the Romantic tradition. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for revolutionising the genre of landscape painting with his pic…
John Constable, English painter and academic (died 1837)
Francis Johnson was a U.S. representative from Kentucky.
Francis Johnson, American lawyer and politician (died 1842)
Admiral Sir Thomas Bladen Capel was a Royal Navy officer whose distinguished service in the French Revolutionary War, the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 earned him rapid promo…
Thomas Bladen Capel, English admiral (died 1853)
The American Revolution (1765–1789) was a political movement in the Thirteen Colonies of Great Britain. The movement began as a rebellion and evolved into a revolution resulting in…
American Revolution: The Continental Congress adopts the Lee Resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great…
The American Revolution (1765–1789) was a political movement in the Thirteen Colonies of Great Britain. The movement began as a rebellion and evolved into a revolution resulting in…
American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
The Liberty Bell, previously called the State House Bell or Old State House Bell, is an iconic symbol of American independence located in Philadelphia. Originally placed in the ste…
Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the…
George Washington was a Founding Father and the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. As commander of the Continental Army, Washington led Patriot forces…
George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out to members of the Continental Army in…