Military Events
The battles, campaigns, and naval actions of the Revolutionary War's pivotal 1776 fighting, from the siege of Boston to the crossing of the Delaware.
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Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton was fought on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey. It ...
Battle of Fort Washington
The Battle of Fort Washington, fought on November 16, 1776, was one of the worst defeats suffered...
Battle of White Plains
The Battle of White Plains was fought on October 28, 1776, near the village of White Plains in We...
Battle of Valcour Island
The Battle of Valcour Island, also called the Battle of Valcour Bay, was a naval engagement fough...
The Great Fire of New York (1776)
On the night of September 20–21, 1776, a fire broke out near the Fighting Cocks Tavern at Whiteha...
Battle of Harlem Heights
The Battle of Harlem Heights was a pivotal engagement fought on September 16, 1776, in the Mornin...
Battle of Kip's Bay
The Battle of Kip's Bay, also known as the Landing at Kip's Bay, was a British amphibious assault...
Battle of Long Island
The Battle of Long Island, also called the Battle of Brooklyn, was fought on August 27, 1776, in ...
Hessian Troops & Foreign Mercenaries (1776–1783)
Beginning in 1775–1776, the British Crown negotiated contracts with the rulers of six German terr...
The Cherokee War of 1776
The Cherokee War of 1776 was a coordinated series of attacks by Cherokee war parties on the Watau...
British Naval Operations in 1776
The British Royal Navy's 1776 campaign established overwhelming naval supremacy along the America...
Battle of Sullivan's Island
The Battle of Sullivan's Island, fought on June 28, 1776, was the first major British attempt to ...
American Invasion of Canada (1775–1776)
The American invasion of Canada, spanning September 1775 to June 1776, was an ambitious Continent...
Fortification of Dorchester Heights
The Fortification of Dorchester Heights was the decisive maneuver that ended the nearly year-long...
Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge
The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge was fought on February 27, 1776, near Wilmington in what is no...
Continental Navy Establishment and Operations in 1776
The Continental Navy was formally organized and launched its first operations in 1776, marking th...
The Burning of Norfolk, Virginia
Royal Governor Lord Dunmore's fleet bombarded Norfolk on January 1, 1776, and over the following ...
Dunmore's Ethiopian Regiment
The first large-scale Black military unit in North America, formed when Lord Dunmore offered free...