1776

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1740s  1750s  1760s  – 1770s –  1780s  1790s  1800s
Years:	1773 1774 1775 – 1776 – 1777 1778 1779

Events

• July 4  – the United States of America say that they are no longer part of England (the Declaration of Independence)
• July 12  – Captain James Cook starts his third, and final, voyage to the Pacific Ocean
• The city of San Francisco is founded in California, USA (San Francisco was then part of Spain).
• The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith is published. It is an important book in the history of economics.

Births

• January 24  – E.T.A. Hoffmann, German writer, composer, and painter (died 1822)
• February 11  – Joannis Capodistrias, Greek governor of Troezen (died 1831)
• March 10  – Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Prussia (died 1810)
• April 1  – Sophie Germain, French mathematician (died 1831)
• June 11  – John Constable, English painter (died 1837)
• August 9  – Amedeo Avogadro, Italian chemist (died 1856)
• Muttusvami Dikshitar, Indian composer

Deaths

• August 25  – David Hume, Scotish philosopher

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