Event of Interest
Jan 18 Captain James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands)
James Cook
- Jan 20 1st American military court martial trial begins in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Jan 27 Piccinni's opera "Roland" premieres in Paris
- Feb 5 Articles of Confederation ratified by 2nd state, South Carolina
- Feb 6 Britain declares war on France
- Feb 6 France recognizes USA, signs Treaty of Alliance in Paris, 1st US treaty
- Feb 14 "Stars & Stripes" arrives in foreign port for 1st time (France)
- Feb 23 Baron von Steuben joins Continental Army at Valley Forge
- Feb 28 Rhode Island General Assembly authorizes enlistment of slaves
- Mar 7 Captain James Cook 1st sights Oregon coast, at Yaquina Bay
- Mar 15 Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island discovered by Captain James Cook
- Mar 22 Captain James Cook sights Cape Flattery, now in Washington state
- Apr 1 New Orleans businessman Oliver Pollock creates the "$" symbol
- May 1 American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
- Jun 18 British Redcoats evacuate Philadelphia
- Jun 19 Washington's troops finally leave Valley Forge
- Jun 24 David Rittenhouse observes a total solar eclipse in Philadelphia
- Jun 27 Liberty Bell returns home to Philadelphia after the British departure
- Jun 28 Battle of Monmouth, New Jersey (General Washington beats Clinton)
- Jun 28 Mary Ludwig Hayes "Molly Pitcher" aids American patriots
- Jul 3 British forces massacre 360 men, women and children in Wyoming, Pennsylvania
- Jul 3 Prussia declares war on Austria
- Jul 8 George Washington headquarters at West Point for his Continental Army
Declaration of War
- Aug 3 Teatro alla Scala opens in Milan
- Aug 9 Captain James Cook reaches Cape Prince of Wales, Bering Straits
- Aug 26 The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
- Aug 31 British kill 17 Stockbridge indians in Bronx during Revolution
- Sep 4 City of Amsterdam signs trade agreement with American rebels
- Sep 17 1st treaty between the US & Indian tribes signed (Fort Pitt)
- Sep 19 The Continental Congress passes the first budget of the United States.
- Oct 3 Captain James Cook anchors at Alaska
- Nov 11 Iroquois Indians in NY kill 40 in Cherry Valley Massacre
- Nov 26 British explorer Captain James Cook is the first European to visit Maui in the Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii)
- Dec 29 British troops occupy Savannah, Georgia