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September 14: Washington at Verplanck's Point, by John Trumbull, 1790 July 1 – American privateers attack Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.; August 7 – George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit (or the Order of the Purple Heart) to honor soldiers' merit in battle (reinstated later by Franklin D. Roosevelt and renamed to the more poetic "Purple Heart" to honor soldiers ...
1782 was a common year ... Germany, one of history's most important ever secret society congresses, ... American lawyer, banker and politician from New York (d. 1853)
July 1, 1782: Nova Scotia: American kvictory Hudson Bay Expedition: August 8, 1782: Rupert's Land: Franco-American victory Siege of Bryan Station: August 15–17, 1782: Virginia: American victory Battle of Blue Licks: August 19, 1782: Virginia: British-Iroquois victory Battle of the Combahee River: August 27, 1782: South Carolina: British ...
The action of 5 September 1782 took place during the American War of Independence between two French Navy frigates, Aigle and Gloire, and a lone British 74-gun ship of the line HMS Hector. In a two-day battle, the two frigates severely damaged Hector and failed to capture her only when a British squadron appeared on the horizon.
The history of the United States from 1776 to 1789 was marked by the nation's transition from the American Revolutionary War to the establishment of a novel constitutional order. As a result of the American Revolution , the thirteen British colonies emerged as a newly independent nation, the United States of America , between 1776 and 1789.
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was an armed conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army.
Tyler Perry is spotlighting a lesser-known piece of World War II history in his new Netflix film, The Six Triple Eight. Based on a WWII History Magazine article by Kevin M. Hymel, the film, out ...
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