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American Revolutionary War: Near present-day Aurora, Indiana, American Indians led by Joseph Brant killed or captured…
American Revolutionary War: French naval forces handed Britain a major strategic defeat at the Battle of the…
American Revolutionary War: General Benedict Arnold led British forces to victory at the Battle of Groton Heights.
American Revolutionary War: British forces led by Lord Cornwallis officially surrendered to Franco-American forces…
American Revolutionary War: Approximately ten American soldiers were killed by Loyalists and their Native American…
American Revolutionary War: British officer John André was captured by Patriot forces, thereby revealing a plot by…
American Revolutionary War: Patriots and Loyalist militias engaged each other at the Battle of Kings Mountain in South…
Negotiated by Russian and French mediators, the Treaty of Teschen was signed by Austria and Prussia, leading to the end
Negotiated by Russian and French mediators, the Treaty of Teschen was signed by Austria and Prussia, leading to the end
American Revolutionary War: French troops landed near St. George's, Grenada, and began their capture of the island.
American Revolutionary War: Captain William Pickles of the Continental Navy boarded and captured the British sloop…
American Revolutionary War: Loyalists and Iroquois killed over 300 Patriots at the Battle of Wyoming in Pennsylvania.
The Battle of Ushant, the first encounter between the French and British fleets in the American Revolutionary War,…
Anglo-French War: Having established an alliance with the United States, France invaded the Caribbean island of…
American Revolutionary War: Sixteen-year-old Sybil Ludington allegedly rode forty miles (64 km) through the night to war
American Revolutionary War: British Army regulars defeated Patriot militias in the Battle of Ridgefield, galvanizing res
Button Gwinnett, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, is wounded in a duel with Continental Army o
The Second Continental Congress adopted the stars and stripes design for the flag of the United States
American Revolutionary War: American troops at Fort Ticonderoga in New York completed a retreat from advancing British…
American Revolutionary War: British forces caught up with American troops withdrawing from Ticonderoga, capturing more…