Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century
Decades: 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s - 1770s - 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s
Years: 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 - 1776 - 1777 1778 1779 1780 1781
Events
- January 10 - Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense
- March 17 - American Revolutionary War: British forces evacuate Boston, Massachusetts after George Washington places artillery overlooking the city.
- March 28 - Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
- May 1 - Former Jesuit Adam Weishaupt founds the Bavarian Illuminati (Order of the Illuminati) in Ingolstadt, Bavaria.
- June 12 - Virginia Declaration of Rights by George Mason adopted by the Virginia Convention of Delegates.
- June 17 - Lt. Jose Joaquin Moraga[?] leads a band of colonists from Monterey Presidio, landing on June 29 and constructing the Mission Dolores[?] of the new Presidio of San Francisco.
- July 4 - American Revolutionary War: United States Declaration of Independence.
- September - First running of the St. Leger Stakes horse race in England.
- December 5 - The Phi Beta Kappa society is organized at the College of William and Mary.
- December 23 - Thomas Paine, living with Washington's troops begins publishing The Crisis[?], containing the stirring phrase, These are the times that try men's souls.
- December 25 - American Revolutionary War: Gen. George Washington orders the first issue of The Crisis read to his troops on Christmas Eve, then at 6 PM all 2600 of them march to McKonkey's Ferry[?], cross the Delaware River and land on the Jersey bank at 3 AM.
- December 26 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Trenton - Washington's troops surprise the 1500 Hessian troops under the command of Col. [Johan Rall] at 8 AM outside Trenton and score a victory, taking 1000 prisoners while suffering only 6 wounded.
- Adam Smith publishes The Wealth of Nations
- Edward Gibbon publishes The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Births
- January 24 - E.T.A. Hoffmann, poet, composer, and painter (+ 1822)
- February 11 - Joannis Capodistrias Greek governor of Troezen[?] (1827-1831)
- March 10 - Louise[?] (Luise), queen of Prussia (+ 1810)
- April 1 - Sophie Germain, mathematician (+ 1831)
- June 11 - John Constable, landscape painter
- August 6 - Amedeo Avogadro, chemist
Deaths
- David Hume, Scottish philosopher
Common misspelling and questions (FAQ)
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