1841 events
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 Revolutionary War: American troops at Fort Ticonderoga in New York completed a retreat from advancing British…
American Revolutionary War: British forces caught up with American troops withdrawing from Ticonderoga, capturing more…
The Second Continental Congress passed a resolution commissioning the Marquis de Lafayette (pictured) as a major…
The Second Continental Congress passed a resolution commissioning the Marquis de Lafayette (pictured) as a major…
The Battle of Oriskany, one of the bloodiest battles of the American Revolutionary War, was fought about 6 mi (10 km)…
American Revolutionary War: American forces routed British and German troops at the Battle of Bennington in…
American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold used a ruse to convince the British that a much larger force was arriving,…
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
American Revolutionary War: The militia of the Province of South Carolina repelled a British attack on Charleston
The first privateer battle of the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet, was fought near Cape May,
In Philadelphia, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence (signing pictured), announcing that…
British forces led by William Howe defeated the Continental Army under George Washington at the Battle of Long Island,…
British and American leaders held a peace conference on Staten Island, New York, in the hopes of bringing an end to…
American Revolutionary War: American colonists defeated British troops at the Battle of Harlem Heights (depicted) on…
American Revolutionary War: The Great Fire of New York (depicted) broke out during the British occupation of New York…