1776 in Delaware

none February 2025 1776 1776 This is a list of events in the year 1776 in Delaware. Events June 15 – American Revolution: Delaware Separation Day: The Delaware General Assembly votes to suspend government under the British Crown.https://archivesfiles.delaware.gov/ebooks/Colonial_Delaware.pdf Colonial Delaware: A History John A. Munroe Delaware Heritage Press 2003 December 22, 2023 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, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Virginia. August 2 – American Revolution: A parchment copy of the Declaration of Independence is signed by 56 members of Congress (not all of whom had been present on July 4).U.S. State Department 1911 The Declaration of Independence, 1776 10–11 September 20 – The Delaware Constitution of 1776 is adopted by the convention.https://constitutingamerica.org/delaware-admitted-as-the-first-state-december-7-1787/ "Delaware: Admitted as "The First State" December 7, 1787 – Constituting America constitutingamerica.org. 8 May 2023 October 20 – The 1st Delaware General Assembly convenes in New Castle which was considered the capitol.Obama Barack Presidential Proclamation -- First State National Monument https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2013/03/25/presidential-proclamation-first-state-national-monument The White House (Archives) Office of the Press Secretary March 25, 2013 October 23, 2023 The Delaware Assembly met on June 15, 1776, in the New Castle Court House and adopted a resolution separating the Delaware counties from the British Crown... they relocated the capital to Dover because it was safer from British warships in the Delaware River. Births March 1 – John Collins, manufacturer and politician, 22nd Governor (d. 1822) May 31 – John E. Hamm, US Army colonel, doctor and politician, diplomat, industrialist, and Marshall of the State of Ohio (d. 1864 ) Undated James M. Broom, lawyer and politician (d. 1850)https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B000888 BROOM, James Madison ca. 1776 – 1850 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 23 December 2023 Jacob Eichholtz, painter (d. 1842)Thomas R. Ryan. Jacob Eichholtz (1776-1842) https://web.archive.org/web/20170705030359/http://www.lancasterhistory.org/county-commonwealth-country/cultivated-created-inspired/3002-jacob-eichholtz-1776-1842 2017-07-05 , Lancaster County Historical Society James Price, miller, businessman, banker, and railroad executive (d. 1840) William C. Frazer, lawyer and judge (d. 1838) https://books.google.com/books?id=jTo5AAAAMAAJ Genealogical Notes of the Carpenter Family Carpenter Seymour David 1907 Springfield, Illinois Illinois State Journal Co. 196 June 8, 2020 Reuben James, boatswain's mate of the United States Navy (d. 1838) See also 1776 in the United States List of years in Delaware References Category:1770s in Delaware Category:1776 in the United States by state or territory Category:Years of the 18th century in Delaware