| 1 Jul to 4 Jul 1778 | Battle at Wyoming PA. |
| 2 Jul 1776 | Congress passes the Virginia Resolution (as presented by Richard Henry Lee) to declare independence from England. |
| 2 Jul 1779 | Engagement at Bedford NY. |
| 2 Jul 1779 | Engagement at Poundridge NY. |
| 3 Jul 1731 | Samuel Huntington is born in Connecticut. He signed the Declaration of Independence for CT. |
| 3 Jul 1775 | Washington takes command of the army at Cambridge |
| 3 Jul 1778 | Massacre at Wyoming PA |
| 3 Jul 1781 | Engagement at King's Bridge NY |
| 4 Jul 1776 | Declaration of Independence is signed by the President (John Hancock) and the Secretary (Charles Thompson) of the Continental Congress, and it is proclaimed to the new nation. |
| 5 Jul 1774 | New Hampshire makes a "Declaration of Rights" |
| 5 Jul 1778 | Clark captures Kaskaskia IL and the next day Cahokia IL |
| 5 Jul 1777 | Americans abandon Ticonderoga to the British |
| 5 Jul 1778 | Battle at Vincennes IN. |
| 5 Jul 1779 | Tryon's raid on New Haven. |
| 5 Jul 1781 | battle at Greenspring Farm on the James River in VA nearly results in a defeat for Lafayette |
| 6 Jul 1775 | Congress sets forth the necessity of taking up arms. |
| 6 Jul 1777 | Crown Point NY is evacuated by the Americans. |
| 6 Jul 1777 | British occupy Fort Ticonderoga NY |
| 6 Jul 1781 | Engagement at Jamestown Ford VA. |
| 6 Jul 1781 | Engagement at Green Spring VA. |
| 6 Jul 1785 | Standard of American dollar established. |
| 7 Jul 1777 | Engagement at Skenesborough NY. |
| 7 Jul 1777 | Sharp fight near Lake George between the Americans and Burgoyne's advance |
| 7 Jul 1777 | British win engagement at Hubbardton VT |
| 8 Jul 1774 | South Carolina makes a "Declaration of Rights" |
| 8 Jul 1776 | Col. John Nixon reads the "Declaration of Independence" to a cheering throng on the square in Philadelphia. |
| 8 Jul 1779 | the British burn Fairfield CT |
| 8 Jul 1775 | Engagement at Roxbury MA. |
| 8 to 10 Jul 1776 | Engagement at Gwyn's Island in the Chesapeake Bay (MD). |
| 8 Jul 1777 | Engagement at Fort Anne NY. |
| 9 Jul 1776 | Leaden statue of King George in Bowling Green, New York City, is pulled down by the people. Part of it is used to make 42,000 bullets, and part is recovered by Tories, some parts remained buried until the 20th century. |
| 9 Jul 1776 | By order of Washington the Declaration of Independence is read at the head of each brigade in the Continental Army. |
| 9 Jul 1781 | Battle at Currytown NY. |
| 10 Jul 1777 | Capture of British General Prescott near Bristol RI. |
| 10 Jul 1777 | British Gen. Burgoyne reaches Lake Champlain NY in his invasion from Canada. |
| 11 Jul 1782 | Savannah GA is evacuated by the British. |
| 11 Jul 1796 | Detroit (and the Northwest) are evacuated by the British. |
| 12 Jul 1776 | Draft of Confederation is brought before Congress. |
| 12 Jul 1779 | the British burn Norwalk CT |
| 12 Jul 1780 | French General Rochambeau arrives at Newport RI with French fleet and 6,000 soldiers. |
| 12 Jul 1780 | Gen. Sumter -- known as the "little gamecock" -- destroys three companies of dragoons (mounted riflemen) at the battle at Williamson's Plantation (Battenville) SC. |
| 12 Jul 1780 | Engagement at Stallions SC. |
| 12 Jul 1780 | Engagement at Brandon Camp. |
| 13 Jul 1780 | Battle at Cedar Springs NC. |
| 13 Jul 1780 | Engagement at Cherokee Indian Town SC |
| 13 Jul 1781 | Ninety-six SC evacuated by the British. |
| 13 Jul 1787 | The Northwest Ordinance is passed by Congress at the urging of Benjamin Franklin. He first outlined the theory of "Manifest Destiny". |
| 14 Jul 1776 | Volunteers occupy Fort Montgomery (Ulster Co. NY) without arms, and Gov. Clinton praises their bravery. |
| 14 Jul 1780 | Engagement at Pacolett River NC. |
| 15 Jul 1776 | Engagement at Rayborn Creek SC. |
| 15 Jul 1779 | Troops under Gen. Anthony Wayne (using only bayonets) recapture the fort at Stony Point NY late at night. |
| 15 Jul 1780 | Engagement at Earle's Ford NC. |
| 15 Jul 1780 and 16 Jul 1780 | Engagement at McDonnell's SC |
| 15 Jul 1781 | Engagement at Tarrytown NY. |
| 16 Jul 1779 | Washington orders his gunners to destroy Fort Lafayette. |
| 17 Jul 1744 | Eldredge Gerry is born in Marblehead MA. He signed the Declaration of Independence for MA and became our fourth Vice President, under James Madison. |
| 17 Jul 1781 | Engagement at Quinby's Bridge SC. |
| 18 Jul 1775 | Gen. Schuyler holds Ft. Ticonderoga in NY. |
| 18 Jul 1779 | Americans captures Jersey City NJ |
| 18 Jul 1779 | Gen. Anthony Wayne retreats and destroys the fort at Stony Point NY. |
| 19 Jul 1769 | British armed sloop Liberty scuttled and sunk by the people of Newport RI,the first overt act of defiance. |
| 19 Jul 1775 | Provincial Congress of Massachusetts dissolved. |
| 19 Jul 1775 | Washington reads the first report on the army surrounding Boston and issues his first orders at Cambridge MA. |
| 19 Jul 1780 | Engagement at Tom's River (Bergen) NJ |
| 20 Jul 1775 | National fast day. |
| 20 Jul 1778 | Washington's army encamps at White Plains NY. |
| 20 Jul 1779 | Mohawk Indian leader Joseph Brant leads an attack and massacre of colonists near Minisink PA (at the border with NY). |
| 20 Jul 1780 | Engagement at Flat Rock SC. |
| 21 Jul 1774 | North Carolina issues a "Declaration of Rights" |
| 21 Jul 1776 | Cherokee Indians attack colonists' Ft. Watauga [now TN]. |
| 21 Jul 1780 | British fleet of 16 ships appears off Newport RI. Governor Heath asks Connecticut for 1000 militia. |
| 21 Jul 1780 | Battle at Bull's Ferry NJ. |
| 21 Jul 1780 | Engagement at Block House, Tom's River (Bergen) NJ. |
| 21 Jul 1781 | Cornwallis receives orders to hold Chesapeake. |
| 22 Jul 1776 | Congress authorizes the exchanging of prisoners. |
| 22 Jul 1777 | Gen. Schuyler is forced by British Gen. Burgoyne's attack to abandon Fort Edward NY. |
| 23 Jul 1777 | British Gen. Howe sails from New York to launch an attack on the American capital, Philadelphia. |
| 23 Jul 1780 | Engagement at Anderson Fort GA |
| 24 Jul 1775 | Joseph Trumbull is appointed Commissioner General of the Continental Army. |
| 24 Jul 1776 | Engagement at Sorrel River, Canada. |
| 25 Jul 1750 | Henry Knox is born in Boston MA. He later becomes General of Artillery and in 1789 the first U.S. Secretary of War. |
| 25 Jul 1777 | Congress votes to present a sword to Lieut. Col. William Barton, for the capture of Prescott. |
| 26 Jul 1739 | George Clinton is born in New York. He will become Governor of NY and Vice President of the U.S. |
| 27 Jul 1765 | Merchants of Boston vote that a partial repeal of the stamp tax will not answer. |
| 27 Jul 1775 | Seth Warner is elected leader of the Green Mountain Boys of Vermont. They later take Fort Ticonderoga. |
| 27 Jul 1775 | General Gage, at Boston, surrenders command of army to General Howe and becomes Civil Governor. |
| 27 Jul 1777 | Assassination of Jane McCrea by Indians. |
| 28 Jul 1746 | Thomas Heyward was born in South Carolina. He signed the Declaration of Independence for SC. |
| 28 Jul 1776 | The Declaration of independence is read to all units of the Continental Army. |
| 29 Jul 1778 | French Admiral D'Estaing arrives at Newport RI with the French fleet and anchors off Point Judith RI. The threat of loss in combat forces the English to destroy ten of their war vessels and 212 guns. |
| 30 Jul 1780 | Engagement at Fort Anderson (Thickety Fort) SC. |
| 30 Jul 1780 | Engagement at Rocky Mount SC keeps British Gen. Cornwalis in retreat. |
| 31 Jul 1777 | Frenchman Lafayette is commissioned a Major General by the Continental Congress. |
| 31 Jul 1779 | Americans lose 400 men and several ships on the Penobscot River in Maine |
| 31 Jul 1790 | The first American patent is issued. |
| 1 Aug 1775 | Virginia considers independence at a conference in Williamsburg. |
| 1 Aug 1776 | Engagement at Oconote SC |
| 1 Aug 1777 | Engagement at Essenecca Town SC. |
| 1 Aug 1780 | Battle of Green Spring SC. |
| 1 Aug 1780 | Engagement at Hanging Rock SC. |
| 1 Aug 1780 | Engagement at Hunts Bluff. |
| 2 Aug 1776 | Formal signing of Declaration of Independence on parchment by fifty-four delegates. (The remaining two later signed on 4 Nov 1776 and in 1781.) |
| 2 Aug 1777 | Engagement at Dutch Island RI. |
| 2 Aug 1777 | Engagement at Moses Kill NY. |
| 2 Aug 1780 | Battle at Mohawk Valley (Fort Plain) NY. |
| 2 Aug 1779 | Chevalier de la Luzerene, the French Minister, arrived in Boston; he is received with salutes, etc. |
| 2 Aug 1780 | Engagement at Fort Plain NY |
| 2 Aug 1780 | Engagement at Mohawk Valley NY. |
| 3 Aug 1777 | Four British ships are sunk trying to pass Fort Washington in NY. |
| 4 Aug 1776 | Washington issues orders to forego swearing or using God's name in vain. |
| 4 Aug 1781 | The British brutally hang Col. Isaac Hayne in Charleston SC. |
| 5 Aug 1749 | Thomas Lynch is born in South Carolina. He signed the Declaration of Independence for SC. |
| 5 Aug 1778 | French Admiral d'Estaing arrives at Newport RI with the French fleer. |
| 5 Aug 1779 | First battle at Morrisania NY. |
| 6 Aug 1777 | Gen. Herkimer is ambushed at Oriskany NY. The Indians scalp several Americans |
| 6 Aug 1777 | We lose Fort Schuyler (Stanwix) NY. |
| 6 Aug 1778 | French Minister presented to Congress. |
| 6 Aug 1780 | British defeat at Hanging Rock SC. Andrew Jackson begins his military career in this battle. |
| 6 Aug 1790 | Congress grants pensions to those disabled by wounds. |
| 7 Aug 1742 | Nathaniel Greene is born in Rhode Island. He later becomes a General and leads the American forces in the Southern campaign. |
| 7 Aug 1776 | The Hancock, an American privateer, brings its prize, the Reward, a three-decker, into Portsmouth NH. |
| 7 Aug 1782 | Washington creates the Order of the Purple Heart to honor outstanding enlisted men. |
| 8 Aug 1776 | Gov. Jonathan Trumbull of CT calls for the raising of nine regiments, of 350 men each, to stop the British. |
| 8 Aug 1780 | Engagement at Wofford's Iron Works in Cedar Springs SC. |
| 9 Aug 1776 | Trumbull's volunteers plus other colonial militia save the army. |
| 10 Aug 1776 | Declaration of Independence read at Savannah GA. |
| 10 Aug 1776 | Engagement at Beauford SC |
| 10 Aug 1778 | A British fleet of 34 sail appear before Newport RI. The French fleet comes out and gives chase. The English get away without a fight. |
| 11 Aug 1776 | Engagement at Tomassy SC |
| 11 Aug 1777 | Gen. Burgoyne heads for American supplies stored in Vermont. |
| 11 Aug 1779 | Resolutions of Congress grants half-pay for life to officers serving until the end of the war. |
| 12 Aug 1777 | Benedict Arnold volunteers to save Fort Schuyler in New York. |
| 13 Aug 1775 | British naval attack on Gloucester MA is beaten off. |
| 13 Aug 1778 | Gen. Cornwallis takes command of British forces in Yorktown VA. |
| 13 Aug 1779 | A Massachusetts fleet of 37 small vessels besieges a British fort at mouth of the Penobscot River, but is attacked and destroyed by the British fleet. |
| 14 Aug 1765 | First opposition of a British Ministerial plan for enslaving the Colonies. The Sons of Liberty hang an effigy of Oliver, the tax collector, in Boston MA. |
| 15 Aug 1777 | Seth Warner's Green Mountain Boys march alll night in a rain storm to join Stark at Bennington VT. They arrive in the nick of time. |
| 15 Aug 1780 | Engagement at Ford of the Wateree SC. |
| 16 Aug 1777 | The Battle of Bennington [VT] was really fought in New York state. |
| 16 Aug 1780 | First battle of Camden SC. The Americans, under Gen. Gates are crushed. Gen. deKalb becomes the only American general to die of battle wounds. |
| 16 Aug 1780 | Battle of Gum Swamp SC. |
| 17 Aug 1782 | Battle of Blue Licks KY results in the capture of Daniel Boone and the loss of several other Americans. |
| 18 Aug 1776 | Washington's army narrowly escapes the British at Brooklyn, on Long Island NY. |
| 18 Aug 1780 | The British defeat Gen. Sumter at Fishing Creek (Catawba Ford) SC. |
| 18 Aug 1780 | Engagement at Musgrove's Mill SC. |
| 19 Aug 1779 | Major "Light Horse Harry" Lee's troop capture the British garrison at Paulus Hook in Weehawken NJ. |
| 19 Aug 1781 | Washington and his troops leave Dobb's Ferry NY for Yorktown. |
| 20 Aug 1776 | Fight in the Hudson River between American fire ships and British man-of-war; the latter are forced to retire. |
| 20 Aug 1778 | French Admiral d'Estaing brings the French fleet into Narraganset Bay (south of MA). |
| 20 Aug 1780 | Engagement at Great Savannah (Nelson's Ferry) SC. |
| 21 Aug 1776 | Washington tells his men (on Long island, NY) to prepare their minds and arms for battle. |
| 21 Aug and 22 Aug 1777 | American raid from New Jersey into Staten Island |
| 22 Aug 1776 | The British land troops on Long Island NY, engagement at Flatbush on Long Island NY. |
| 22 Aug 1777 | British Col. St. Leger's troops and his Indian allies are defeated at Ft. Stanwix (Rome, NY). |
| 22 Aug 1777 | British raise the siege at Fort Schuyler NY. |
| 22 Aug 1781 | Engagement at Wawarsing NY. |
| 23 Aug 1775 | Citizens of New York City remove 21 cannon from the Battery under fire of the Asia, a British man-of-war. |
| 23 Aug 1779 | Americans retake Savannah GA and keep the British out of Charleston SC. |
| 24 Aug 1777 | Much of the Continental Army parades through Philadelphia on the way to counter Howe's invasion. Thay wear green sprigs (branches) in their hats. They probably acquired a number of the recently-authorized U.S. flags -- the "stars and stripes"). |
| 25 Aug 1777 | British Gen. Howe's troops land at Elk River MD. |
| 25 Aug 1789 | Mary Ball Washington dies at Fredricksburg VA. Her son, President George Washington, is unable to attend her funeral. |
| 26 Aug 1775 | Gen. Richard Montgomery, at Fort Ticonderoga, is urged by Congress to invade Canada and take Montreal. He has early success, but dies on Dec. 31 while trying to take Quebec. |
| 26 Aug 1776 | Battle of Valley Grove on Long Island NY. |
| 27 Aug 1776 | Battle for Long Island NY begins around Bushwick and Brooklyn. |
| 27 Aug 1780 | Engagement at Kingstree SC. |
| 27 Aug 1783 | Battle at Combahee Ferry SC is the last action of the war; 7 years, 4 months and 8 days after Lexington. |
| 28 Aug 1776 | Engagment at Jamica, on Long Island NY. |
| 28 Aug 1776 | Engagement at Brookland, on Long Island NY |
| 28 Aug 1777 | Gen. Howe moves British forces up the Elk River into Maryland. |
| 28 Aug 1778 | Gen. Sullivan is forced by the British to turn back to RI. |
| 28 Aug 1778 | French Admiral D'Estaing's fleet arrives in Boston. |
| 29 Aug 1776 | at night in dense fog the American forces are removed from Long Island by Glover's boatmen. Washington is the last to board the boats. |
| 29 Aug 1778 | Engagement at Butts Hill RI. |
| 29 Aug 1778 | Battle of Quaker Hill RI. |
| 29 Aug 1779 | Tories and Indians defeated at Elmira NY. |
| 29 Aug 1779 | Engagement at Chemung NY |
| 29 Aug 1779 | Engagement at Newtown NY |
| 30 Aug 1775 | American Gen. Schuyler invades Canada from New York. |
| 30 Aug 1779 | Battle at Tarrytown NY. |
| 30 Aug 1781 | The French fleet under Admiral d'Grasse sails into the Chesapeake Bay. |
| 30 Aug 1781 | Engagement at Parker's Ferry SC. |
| 31 Aug 1775 | British Gen. Gage cuts down the Liberty Tree on Boston Commons. |
| 31 Aug 1778 | Engagement at Indian Field and Bridge NY. |
| 31 Aug 1781 | Washington, with French Gens. Rochambeau and Chastelleux and staff officers, is received in Philadelphia with public rejoicing. Washington pays his respects to Congress. |
| 31 Aug 1781 | The French fleet delivers 3,000 French soldiers to join the siege at Yorktown VA. |
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