Explore 456 historical events from 1770–1779.
David Hume was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist and essayist who is known for his highly influential system of empiricism, philosophical scepticism and metaphysical nat…
David Hume, Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (born 1711)
The American Revolution (1765–1783) was a political movement in the Thirteen Colonies of Great Britain. The movement began as a rebellion and evolved into a revolution resulting in…
American Revolution: The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations became the first of the Thirteen Colonies to
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence or simply the American Revolution, was the armed conflict that comprised the fin…
American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison west of Montreal surrendered to British troops at the Battle of
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence or simply the American Revolution, was the armed conflict that comprised the fin…
American Revolutionary War: British forces defeated the Continental Army at the Battle of Trois-Rivières, the last battl
The Fifth Virginia Convention was a meeting of the Patriot legislature of Virginia held in Williamsburg from May 6 to July 5, 1776. This Convention declared Virginia an independent…
The Fifth Virginia Convention adopted a declaration of rights, an influential document that proclaimed the inherent righ
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence or simply the American Revolution, was the armed conflict that comprised the fin…
American Revolutionary War: The militia of the Province of South Carolina repelled a British attack on Charleston
A privateer is a private person or vessel which engages in commerce raiding under a commission of war. Since robbery under arms was a common aspect of seaborne trade, until the ear…
The first privateer battle of the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet, was fought near Cape May,
The Second Continental Congress (1775–1781) was the meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that united in support of the American Revolution and Revolutionary War, which e…
In Philadelphia, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence (signing pictured), announcing that…
The Declaration of Independence, formally The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America in the original printing, is the founding document of the United States…
The United States Declaration of Independence received its first formal public reading, in Philadelphia.
General William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, was a British Army officer and politician who rose to become Commander-in-Chief, America, during the American War of Independence. Howe was…
British forces led by William Howe defeated the Continental Army under George Washington at the Battle of Long Island,…
The Staten Island Peace Conference was a brief informal diplomatic conference held between representatives of the British Crown and its rebellious North American colonies in the ho…
British and American leaders held a peace conference on Staten Island, New York, in the hopes of bringing an end to…
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence or simply the American Revolution, was the armed conflict that comprised the fin…
American Revolutionary War: American colonists defeated British troops at the Battle of Harlem Heights (depicted) on…
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence or simply the American Revolution, was the armed conflict that comprised the fin…
American Revolutionary War: The Great Fire of New York (depicted) broke out during the British occupation of New York…
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence or simply the American Revolution, was the armed conflict that comprised the fin…
American Revolutionary War: British forces made an unopposed amphibious landing at Kips Bay on Manhattan, the American…
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence or simply the American Revolution, was the armed conflict that comprised the fin…
American Revolutionary War: A British fleet defeated American ships at the Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain,…
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence or simply the American Revolution, was the armed conflict that comprised the fin…
American Revolutionary War: As George Washington's Continental Army retreated northward from New York City, the…
The American Revolution (1765–1783) was a political movement in the Thirteen Colonies of Great Britain and the United States which the colonies founded. The movement began as a reb…
American Revolution: The British Army advances up the Charles River in Massachusetts to destroy supplies of American mil
The coronation of Louis XVI as King of France and Navarre took place in Reims Cathedral on 11 June 1775, which fell on Trinity Sunday. Louis XVI had come to the throne the previous…
The Coronation of Louis XVI in Reims, the last coronation before the French Revolution
The United States Post Office Department was the predecessor of the United States Postal Service, established in 1792. From 1872 to 1971, it was officially in the form of a Cabinet…
The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental…
The Army Medical Department of the U.S. Army (AMEDD), formerly known as the Army Medical Service (AMS), encompasses the Army's six medical Special Branches. It was established as t…
Founding of the U.S. Army Medical Department: The Second Continental Congress passes legislation establishing "an…
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader Amer…
American Revolutionary War: The war begins during the Battles of Lexington and Concord with a victory of American minute
The Siege of Boston was the opening phase of the American Revolutionary War. In the siege, American patriot militia led by newly-installed Continental Army commander George Washing…
American Revolutionary War: Following the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the Siege of Boston begins with American mil
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader Amer…
American Revolutionary War: A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticond
The Second Continental Congress (1775–1781) was the meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that united in support of the American Revolution and Revolutionary War, which e…
American Revolutionary War: The Second Continental Congress takes place in Philadelphia