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This is a list of events in the year 1776 in Delaware.
Events
January
February
March
April
May
June
- June 15th - American Revolution: Delaware Separation Day: The Delaware General Assembly votes to suspend government under the British Crown.
July
- July 4th – American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence, in which the United States officially declares independence from the British Empire, is approved by the Continental Congress and signed by its president, John Hancock, together with representatives from Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Virginia.
August
- August 2nd – American Revolution: A parchment copy of the Declaration of Independence is signed by 56 members of Congress (not all of whom had been present on July 4).[1]
September
- September 20th – The Delaware Constitution of 1776 is adopted by the convention.[2]
October
- October 20th – the 1st Delaware General Assembly convenes in New Castle.
November
December
Births
January
February
March
- March 1st – John Collins, manufacturer and politician, 22nd Governor (d. 1822)
April
May
- May 31st – John E. Hamm, US Army colonel, doctor and politician, diplomat, industrialist, and Marshall of the State of Ohio (d. 1864)
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Undated
- James M. Broom, lawyer and politician (d. 1850)[3]
- Jacob Eichholtz, painter (d. 1842)[4]
- James Price, miller, businessman, banker, and railroad executive (d. 1840)
- William C. Frazer, lawyer and judge (d. 1838)[5]
- Reuben James, boatswain's mate of the United States Navy (d. 1838)
See also
- 1776 in the United States
- List of years in Delaware
References
- ↑ U.S. State Department (1911). The Declaration of Independence, 1776. pp. 10–11.
- ↑ ""Delaware: Admitted as "The First State" December 7, 1787 – Constituting America"". constitutingamerica.org. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ↑ "BROOM, James Madison ca. 1776 – 1850". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ↑ Thomas R. Ryan. Jacob Eichholtz (1776-1842) Archived 2017-07-05 at the Wayback Machine, Lancaster County Historical Society
- ↑ Carpenter, Seymour David (1907). Genealogical Notes of the Carpenter Family. Springfield, Illinois: Illinois State Journal Co. p. 196. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
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