December 1776

Thursday 05:

At the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, the Phi Beta Kappa is founded as the first scholastic fraternity in the United States.

Saturday 07:

Marquis de Lafayette enters the American military as a major general.

Wednesday 18:

North Carolina's Constitution is ratified.

Wednesday 25:

George Washington and his army cross the Delaware River to attack the monarchy's Hessian mercenaries in Trenton, New Jersey.

Thursday 26:

American Revolutionary War: The British were defeated in the Battle of Trenton