Year (''' MDCCLXXVI ''') was a Leap Year Starting On Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year Starting On Friday of the 11-day slower Julian Calendar ).
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- Loyalists charge across Moore's Creek bridge near Wilmington to attack what they mistakenly believe to be a small force of rebels. Several loyalist leaders are killed in the ensuing battle. The patriot victory virtually ends all British authority in the town.
- December 5 - The Phi Beta Kappa society is founded at the College Of William And Mary .
- attempts to enter the American military as a major general.
- after adopting its own constitution. Richard Caswell becomes the first governor of the newly formed state.
- , living with Washington's troops, begins publishing '' The American Crisis '', containing the stirring phrase, "These are the times that try men's souls."
- , cross the Delaware River and land on the Jersey bank at 3 a.m.
- at 8 a.m. outside Trenton and score a victory, taking 948 prisoners while suffering only 6 wounded.
'' The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire '', Vol. 1 published by Gibbon.
- January 24 - E.T.A. Hoffmann , German writer, composer, and painter (d. 1822 )
- February 11 - Joannis Capodistrias , Greek governor of Troezen (d. 1831 )
- March 10 - Louise Of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , Queen of Prussia (d. 1810 )
- April 1 - Sophie Germain , French mathematician (d. 1831 )
- June 11 - John Constable , English painter (d. 1837 )
- August 9 - Amedeo Avogadro , Italian chemist (d. 1856 )
- December 27 - Nikolay Kamensky , Russian general (d. 1811 )
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- --- Muthuswami Dikshitar , Indian composer (d. 1835 )
- --- Jane Porter , English novelist (d. 1850 )
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- March 10 - Élie Catherine Fréron , French critic (b. 1719 )
- March 10 - Niclas Sahlgren , Swedish merchant and philanthropist (b. 1701 )
- March 24 - John Harrison , English clockmaker (b. 1693 )
- March 26 - Samuel Ward , American politician (b. 1725 )
- April 29 - Edward Wortley Montagu , English traveler and writer (b. 1713 )
- May 4 - Jacques Saly , French sculptor (b. 1717 )
- June 10 - Leopold Widhalm , Austrian luthier (b. 1722 )
- June 20 - Benjamin Huntsman , English inventor and manufacturer (b. 1704 )
- July 7 - Jeremiah Markland , English classical scholar (b. 1693 )
- July 10 - Richard Peters , English-born clergyman (b. 1704 )
- August 1 - Francis Salvador , American patriot (b. 1747 )
- August 2 - Louis François I, Prince Of Conti , French military leader (b. 1717 )
- August 25 - David Hume , Scottish philosopher (b. 1711 )
- October 17 - Pierre François Le Courayer , French theologian (b. 1681 )
- November 17 - James Ferguson , Scottish astronomer (b. 1710 )
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1776, or MDCCLXXVI, is the number shown at the bottom of the pyramid on the American dollar bill.
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