January 1776

What Happened in January 1776

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Jan 1 General George Washington hoists Continental Union Flag

George Washington — First US President George Washington

Jan 2 Austria ends the use of interrogation by torture
Jan 5 Assembly of New Hampshire adopts its 1st state constitution

Historic Publication

Jan 10 "Common Sense" Pamphlet by Thomas Paine published, advocating American independence

Thomas Paine — Voice of the American Revolution Thomas Paine

Jan 16 Continental Congress approves enlistment of free blacks
Jan 18 James Wright, Royal Governor of Georgia, is placed under house arrest by Major Joseph Habersham
Jan 24 Henry Knox arrives at Cambridge, Massachusetts, with the artillery that he has transported from Fort Ticonderoga

Famous Birthdays

Jan 6 Ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer & rebel, born in Bannewitz, Germany (d. 1809)
Jan 24 Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer (Undine)

What Happened in 1776

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