1776

     

Year 1776 (MDCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Monay (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).

Trivia about 1776

  • Adam Smith published "The Wealth of Nations" in this year, the same one in which we declared independence
  • Nathan Hale Executed for Spying!
  • Gettysburg's oldest house, at 89 Steinwehr Ave., was built in this year, four score and seven before the battle
  • David McCullough's 2005 book covering the military side of a momentous time is titled this revolutionary year
  • The Roman numerals at the base of the pyramid on the back represent this year
  • Richard Henry Lee proposed drafting the Articles on June 7 of this year
  • Thomas Paine First published "Common Sense" in this appropriate year
  • The Island of St. Eustatius has a holiday on Nov. 16, the date in this year it gave the 1st official salute to a U.S. ship
  • Musical about Continental Congress, it included song "Sit Down, John"
  • "Sit Down, John" & "The Lees of Old Virginia" are songs from this musical set during the revolution
  • A positively revolutionary year:MDCCLXXVI
  • McCullough's book about this title 18th century year was released in 2005
  • Songs in this revolutionary musical include "Sit Down, John" & "The Lees of Old Virginia"
  • Richard Henry Lee, Martha Jefferson, John Hancock
  • 193 years after the events it portrayed, this 1969 musical featured the following:"For I am yet happy, the first family, in the southern colony of Virginia..."
  • Under the pyramid is a string of letters starting with "MD", signifying this
  • This historical 1969 musical, revived on Broadway in 1997, features the following