What is 1776?
{{Year nav|1776}} {{Year in various calendars|1776}} {{Year article header|1776}} == Events == * [[July 4]] – the [[United States|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, California|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]] – [[Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann|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]], [[Scotland|Scotish]] [[philosopher]] [[Category:1776| ]]