American Revolution // Age of Revolutions
1776
Year 2 of 9 · 12 battles · 1 event
Battles
12 recorded
November 16, 1776
Battle of Fort Washington
September 16, 1776
Battle of Harlem Heights
August 27, 1776
Battle of Long Island
February 27, 1776
Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge
October 18, 1776
Battle of Pell's Point
June 8, 1776
Battle of Trois-Rivières
October 11, 1776
Battle of Valcour Island
October 28, 1776
Battle of White Plains
January 1, 1776
Fortification of Dorchester Heights
September 15, 1776
Landing at Kip's Bay
July 1, 1776
New York and New Jersey Campaign
26 Dec 1776
Trenton
New Jersey
Events & turning points
1 recorded
Declaration of Independence
Political4 Jul 1776
The war aim shifted from redress of grievances to sovereignty.
Commanders active in 1776
40 catalogued
Alexander HamiltonAlexander LeslieAlexander LillingtonAlexander McDougallArthur St. ClairBenedict ArnoldCarl von DonopCharles CornwallisCharles LeeCharles MawhoodFrancis SmithGeorge WashingtonGuy CarletonHenry ClintonHenry KnoxHugh MercerHugh PercyIsrael PutnamJames GrantJames MooreJohann RallJohn GloverJohn SullivanJohn ThomasJoseph SpencerNathanael GreeneRichard CaswellRichard HoweRobert MagawSimon FraserSir Guy CarletonThomas KnowltonThomas MifflinThomas PringleWilhelm KnyphausenWilhelm von KnyphausenWilliam AlexanderWilliam ErskineWilliam HoweWilliam Thompson