1776
year
1776 (MDCCLXXVI) 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 Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
| 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 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1776 MDCCLXXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2529 |
| Armenian calendar | 1225 ԹՎ ՌՄԻԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6526 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1697–1698 |
| Bengali calendar | 1183 |
| Berber calendar | 2726 |
| British Regnal year | 16 Geo. 3 – 17 Geo. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2320 |
| Burmese calendar | 1138 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7284–7285 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 4472 or 4412 — to — 丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 4473 or 4413 |
| Coptic calendar | 1492–1493 |
| Discordian calendar | 2942 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1768–1769 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5536–5537 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1832–1833 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1697–1698 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4876–4877 |
| Holocene calendar | 11776 |
| Igbo calendar | 776–777 |
| Iranian calendar | 1154–1155 |
| Islamic calendar | 1189–1190 |
| Japanese calendar | An'ei 5 (安永５年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1701–1702 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 11 days |
| Korean calendar | 4109 |
| Minguo calendar | 136 before ROC 民前136年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 308 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2318–2319 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木羊年 (female Wood-Goat) 1902 or 1521 or 749 — to — 阳火猴年 (male Fire-Monkey) 1903 or 1522 or 750 |
Events
change- 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
change- 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