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Benjamin Franklin is born
Benjamin Franklin was one of the founding fathers of the United States. He was an author,a political figure, scientist, politician etc. His children were William Franklin ,Francis Folger Franklin, and Sarah Franklin Bache. He died on April 17, 1790. -
John Adams is born
John Adams was an American Lawyer , author,statesman and diplomat. He served as the second president of the United States,the first Vice President, and a Founding Father. His children are John Quincy Adams, Abigail Adams Smith, Charles Adams, Thomas Boylston Adams, and Susanna Adams. John Adams died on July 4, 1826. -
Patrick Henry is born
Patrick Henry was an American attorney, planter, and politician who became known as an orator during the movement for independence in Virginia in the 1770s. He died on June 6,1799. -
Benedict Arnold is born
Benedict Arnold was a general during the American Revolutionary War who originally fought for the American Continental Army but defected the British.His children were Richard Arnold, Benedict Arnold, William Fitch Arnold, Edward Shippen Arnold, George Arnold, James Robertson Arnold, Sophia Matilda Arnold, and Henry Arnold. Benedict Arnold died on June 14th, 1801. -
Abigail Adams is born
Abigail Adams was the wife of John Adams, and the mother of John Quincy Adams. She is designated as the first Second Lady and second First Lady of the United States. Her children are John Quincy Adams, Abigail Adams Smith, Charles Adams, Thomas Bolyston Adams, and Susanna Adams.Abigail Adams died on October 28, 1818. -
John Paul Jones is born
John Paul Jones was a Scottish american sailor and the United States' first well-known naval fighter in the American Revolutionary War. He died on July 18, 1792, -
Margaret Corbin is born
Margaret Corbin was a woman who fought in the Revolutionary War. She died on January 16, 1800. -
Betsy Ross is born
Elizabeth Pheobe Griscom Ross, famously known as Betsy Ross, made the first American flag in 1776. Her children are Harriet Claypoole, Elizabeth Ashburn Claypoole Siliman, Clarissa Sidney Claypoole Wilson, Jane Claypoole Canby, Aucilla Ashburn, Susannah Claypoole Satterthwite, and Rachel Claypoole Jones Fletcher. Betsy Ross died on January 30th, 1836. -
Molly Pitcher is born
Molly Pitcher was a nickname given to a woman said to have fought in the American Battle of Monmouth, who is generally believed to have been Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley. Molly died on January 22, 1832. -
Nathan Hale is born
Nathan Hale was a soldier for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and volunteered to spy behind British lines. He died on September 22, 1776. -
Deborah Sampson is born
Deborah Samson Gannett, better known as Deborah Sampson or Deborah Samson, was a woman who disguised herself as a man in order to serve in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.She died on April 18, 1827. -
Sybil Ludington is born
Sybil Ludington is the daughter of Colonel Henry Ludington, was a heroine of the American Revolutionary War who, mounted on her horse, Star, became famous for her night ride on April 26, 1777 to alert rebel forces to the approach of the British regular forces. She died on February 26, 1839. -
Sons of Liberty was created
The Sons of Liberty was an organization of American colonists that was created in the Thirteen American Colonies. The secret society was formed to protect the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government. -
2nd Continental Congress was established
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that, soon after warfare, declared that the American Revolutionary War had begun.
