| 1 Jan 1735 | Paul Revere was born in Boston MA. |
| 1 Jan 1752 | Betsy Ross was born in Philadelphia PA. |
| 1 Jan 1776 | The American flag of 13 stripes and the crosses of St. George and St. Andrew on a blue field was unfurled over Washington's Army at Cambridge MA. |
| 1 Jan 1776 | British bombarded and burned Norfolk VA. |
| 1 Jan 1776 | Free Negroes first enlisted in the army. |
| 2 Jan 1777 | Second battle for Trenton NJ. This denied a Hession escape. |
| 2 Jan 1778 | Georgia ratifies the Constitution. |
| 2 Jan 1777 | Engagement at Assumpsick Bridge NJ. |
| 3 Jan 1777 | Battle of Princeton. Washington's army routed the British and freed most of NJ. |
| 4 Jan 1778 | Battle of the Kegs in Delaware River. |
| 4 Jan 1784 | Congress acted to ratify the Treaty of Peace, which had been signed in Paris, France, by Adams, Franklin, Jay, and Laurens. |
| 5 Jan 1778 | British naval forces led by American turncoat Benedict Arnold burned Richmond VA. |
| 6 Jan 1759 | George Washington and wealthy widow Mrs. Martha Dandridge Custis were married. |
| 6 Jan to 9 Jan 1779 | Engagement at Sunbury SC |
| 7 Jan 1777 | Washington arived at Morristown NJ for winter camp at Jockey Hollow. |
| 8 Jan 1776 | Battle of Charleston MA. |
| 8 Jan 1781 | Engagement at Charles City Court House VA. |
| 9 Jan 1779 | Engagement at Fort Morris GA |
| 9 Jan 1788 | Connecticut ratifies the Constitution. |
| 10 Jan 1788 | Engagement at Fogland Ferry RI. |
| 10 Jan 1776 | Thomas Paine published his pamphlet "Common Sense" and it immediately became a sensation. |
| 11 Jan 1757 | Alexander Hamilton was born in the West Indies. |
| 12 Jan 1737 | John Hancock was born in MA. He signed the Declaration of Independence for Massachusetts. |
| 13 Jan 1780 | Washington, in a fit of desperation, confiscated personal property for use by the army. |
| 14 Jan 1730 | William Whipple was born in Kittery ME. He signed the Declaration of Independence for New Hampshire. |
| 14 Jan 1784 | Congress ratifies treaty of peace. |
| 15 Jan 1777 | Vermont (also known as New Connecticut) declared for Independence. |
| 16 Jan 1776 | Benjamin Franklin outlined his plan for a Confederacy of the Colonies. |
| 17 Jan 1706 | Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston MA. He was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania. |
| 17 Jan 1777 | Battle at Kingbridge NY. |
| 17 Jan 1781 | At the Battle at Cowpens SC Daniel Morgan's tactics defeated Banistre Tarleton. |
| 18 Jan 1776 | News reached Congress of the death of Gen. Richard Montgomery in Canada. A period of mourning was declared. |
| 18 Jan 1780 | Engagement at East Chester NY. |
| 19 Jan 1781 | British Major Patrick Ferguson took up a defensive position at King's Mountain in NC. |
| 20 Jan 1734 | Robert Morris, later known as "Financier of the Revolution" was born in London. He signed the Declaration of Independence for Pennsylvania. |
| 20 Jan 1777 | Battle of Somerset Court House NJ. |
| 21 Jan 1777 | Washington ordered that plunder be divided among the scouting parties who faced added danger. |
| 22 Jan 1772 | A movement started in MA to abolish slavery, and many slaves were set free. |
| 22 Jan 1777 | Engagement at Millstone NJ. |
| 22 Jan 1781 | Second engagement at Morrisania NY. |
| 23 Jan 1730 | Joseph Hewes was born in NJ. He signed the Declaration of Independence for North Carolina. |
| 24 Jan 1780 | British troops surprised outposts at Elizabeth NJ, and many American pickets were killed. |
| 24 Jan 1781 | Engagement at Georgetown SC |
| 25 Jan 1777 | Engagement at West Farms NJ |
| 25 Jan 1777 | Washington gave an order that all citizens must take an Oath of Allegiance. |
| 25 Jan 1780 | Engagement at Elizabethtown, NJ. |
| 25 Jan 1780 | Engagement at Newark NJ |
| 26 Jan 1784 | Benjamin Franklin directed his sarcastic wit at Congress for selecting the eagle over the turkey as the national symbol. |
| 27 Jan 1775 | Delegates started out for Philadelphia PA to attend the Second Continental Congress. |
| 28 Jan 1766 | Benjamin Franklin appeared before the British Parliament to oppose the Stamp Acts and as a consequence lost his office as Deputy Postmaster for the American Colonies. |
| 29 Jan 1777 | Engagement at Augusta GA begins. The British captured it and held it until driven out by Lightfoot" Harry Lee in 1781. " |
| 30 Jan 1781 | Gen. Nathaniel Greene relieved Daniel Morgan in the Carolinas due to Morgan's ill health. |
| 31 Jan 1778 | Washington pleads with Congress for aid to the army at Valley Forge. |
| 1 Feb 1775 | The Second Provincial Congress started its deliberations at Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia PA. |
| 1 Feb 1781 | Engagement at Cowan's Ford NJ. |
| 1 Feb 1781 | Engagement at Torrence's Travern NC. |
| 1 Feb 1781 | Engagement at Wilmington NC. |
| 2 Feb 1741 | George Walton was born in VA. He signed the Declaration of Independence for Georgia. |
| 2-4 Feb 1777 | Battle at Fort Mc Intosh GA." |
| 3 Feb 1779 | Engagement at Beaufort SC. |
| 3 Feb 1779 | Engagement at Port Royal Island SC. This was won by the British. |
| 3 Feb 1780 | Engagement at Young's House, Four Corners NY. |
| 4 Feb 1776 | Clinton dropped anchor in New York Bay. British troops were put ashore in New York harbor, and Americans rushed to build fortifications. |
| 5 Feb 1723 | John Witherspoon was born in Scotland. He signed the Declaration of Independence for New Jersey, the only clergyman to sign it. |
| 6 Feb 1756 | Aaron Burr, third Vice President of the US, was born in NJ. |
| 6 Feb 1778 | Franklin secures a treaty of alliance with France. |
| 6 Feb 1788 | Massachusetts ratifies the Constitution |
| 6 Feb 1781 | Engagement at Shallow Ford NC. |
| 7 Feb 1770 | Citizens demonstrating in Boston were fired on by British troops. Later John Adams, attorney, defended the British soldiers. |
| 9 Feb 1775 | Both Houses of Parliament presented an address to the King, declaring the existence of a rebellion in Massachusetts. |
| 9 Feb 1775 | Gen. Nathaniel Greene arrives at Guilford Courthouse SC. |
| 10 Feb 1763 | The French and Indian War ended with the signing of the treaty of Paris. |
| 10 Feb 1779 | Engagement at Car's Fort GA. |
| 11 Feb 1752 | Dr. Benjamin Rush opened the first hospital in America in Philadelphia PA. |
| 12 Feb 1776 | Gen. Henry know arrived outside Boston MA with cannon taken from Fort Ticonderoga. These cannon will later force the British troops to leave Boston. |
| 12 Feb 1778 | Engagement at Bruce Cross Roads NC. |
| 13 Feb 1766 | Benjamin Franklin testified before the British Parliament about his stand on the Stamp Act. |
| 14 Feb 1779 | Engagement at Dorchester Neck MA |
| 14 Feb 1779 | Engagement at Cherokee Ford SC. |
| 14 Feb 1779 | Battle of Kettle Creek GA The Americans won. |
| 15 Feb 1726 | Abraham Clark was born in NJ. He signed the Declaration of Independence for New Jersey. |
| 15 Feb 1782 | Engagement at Wanbaw Creek SC. |
| 16 Feb 1776 | Washington held a council-of-war and put cannon on Dorchester Heights outside Boston MA to threaten bombardment of Boston harbor and English ships. |
| 17 Feb 1777 | Lord North declared to King George III that as the Prime Minister of England he favored peace over war. |
| 18 Feb 1781 | Greene dispatched Lee's Virginia legion and Picken's South Carolina troops after Cornwallis. |
| 19 Feb 1775 | Congress adjournes to a nearby church in Philadelphia PA to hear eulogies for Gen. Richard Montgomery. |
| 20 Feb 1726 | Dr. William Prescott, the Hero of Bunker Hill, was born in MA. |
| 20 Feb 1781 | Robert Morris became Superintendent of Finance for the United States. |
| 21 Feb 1777 | "Mad" Anthony Wayne was promoted to Brigadier General. His nickname came from his attitude on the battlefield. |
| 22 Feb 1732 | George Washington was born at Bridge's Creek in Westmoreland Co., VA. |
| 23 Feb 1779 | George Rogers Clark crossed the Wabash River and took the town of Vincennes (in what is now Indiana). |
| 24 Feb 1779 | Clark discovered "The Hair Buyer" [a reference to scalps] Hamilton at Fort Sackville and sent him to Williamsburg VA for trial. |
| 25 Feb 1779 | Clark administered the Oath of Allegiance to French citizens of Vincesses and made them citizens of Virginia. |
| 25 Feb 1781 | Engagement at Haw River NC. |
| 25 Feb 1781 | Pyles' Defeat NC. |
| 26 Feb 1775 | First forcible resistance at Salem MA. A British force sent there to sieze arms turned back when confronted by a group of armed citizens. |
| 26 Feb 1779 | Engagement at Horseneck CT. |
| 26 Feb 1776 | Washington gave orders to forbid games of chance by cards or dice in the army. |
| 27 Feb 1776 | Engagement in Moore's Creek Bridge NC. Americans stopped Scottish Highlanders from joining up with the British. |
| 27 Feb 1781 | Engagement at Wright Bluffs SC |
| 28 Feb 1780 | Catherine II of Russia declared "A State of Armed Neutrality" in alignment with Europe against England. |
| 29 Feb 1780 | Gen. Clinton set up British headquarters in Charleston SC. |
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