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  2. 1776 - Wikipedia

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    1776 was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1776th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 776th year of the 2nd millennium, the 76th year of the 18th century, and the 7th year of the 1770s decade. As of the start of 1776, the ...

  3. 1776 (musical) - Wikipedia

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    1776 is a musical with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and a book by Peter Stone. The show is based on the events leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence , telling a story of the efforts of John Adams to persuade his colleagues to vote for American independence and to sign the document.

  4. 1776 in music - Wikipedia

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    1776 in music. 5 languages. 閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú ... Giovanni Paisiello is invited to the court of Catherine the Great, where he will stay for eight years.

  5. 1776 in the United States - Wikipedia

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    July 4 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 ...

  6. History of the United States (1776–1789) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. 1776 in Great Britain - Wikipedia

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    The first volume of Edward Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. [3]Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations. [3]Augustus Toplady's hymn "Rock of Ages" (final versions, in The Gospel Magazine, March, and his Psalms and Hymns for Public and Private Worship, July).

  8. 1776 (film) - Wikipedia

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    1776 is a 1972 American historical musical drama film directed by Peter H. Hunt and written by Peter Stone, based on his book for the 1969 Broadway musical of the same name, with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards. [4]

  9. Rudolph's Shiny New Year - Wikipedia

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    The group then travels to the island of 1776, which reflects Colonial America and is ruled over by "Sev" (AKA 1776) who resembles Benjamin Franklin. Following Happy's seeming rejection on the Island of 1776 following the daily Independence Day parade, Eon kidnaps him and takes him to his lair on the Island of No-Name which is said to be located ...