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Fletcher Christian, the acting lieutenant on board the Royal Navy ship Bounty, led a mutiny against the commander Willia
George Washington (pictured) took the oath of office as the first president of the United States at Federal Hall in New
The Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia with the intention of revising the Articles of Confederation of the Un
The proprietors of King's Chapel, Boston, voted to adopt James Freeman's Book of Common Prayer, thus establishing the fi
Second Anglo-Mysore War: British troops surrendered the fortress of Bednore in southwestern India to French and Mysorean
The States General of the Dutch Republic received John Adams, and the house he had purchased in The Hague became the fir
The States General of the Dutch Republic received John Adams, and the house he had purchased in The Hague became the fir
American Revolutionary War: US Colonel William Crawford began a failed expedition to destroy British-allied American Ind
The Congress of the Confederation adopted the Great Seal of the United States (obverse pictured), used to authenticate d
American Revolutionary War: Jack Jouett (pictured) rode 40 miles (64 km) to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legis
American Revolutionary War: Jack Jouett rode 40 miles (64 km) to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of B
Negotiated by Russian and French mediators, the Treaty of Teschen was signed by Austria and Prussia, leading to the end
Negotiated by Russian and French mediators, the Treaty of Teschen was signed by Austria and Prussia, leading to the end
American Revolutionary War: Sixteen-year-old Sybil Ludington allegedly rode forty miles (64 km) through the night to war
American Revolutionary War: British Army regulars defeated Patriot militias in the Battle of Ridgefield, galvanizing res
Button Gwinnett, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, is wounded in a duel with Continental Army o
The Second Continental Congress adopted the stars and stripes design for the flag of the United States
American Revolution: The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations became the first of the Thirteen Colonies to
American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison west of Montreal surrendered to British troops at the Battle of
American Revolutionary War: British forces defeated the Continental Army at the Battle of Trois-Rivières, the last battl