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Jan. 1, 1732
Germany
Painting of a man wearing 18th-century garb and holding a hunting rifle.
Carl Ulrich von Donop, future Hessian officer, is born in Hesse-Kassel, Germany
Jan. 1, 1735
Massachusetts
Painting of a man holding a metal teapot.
Paul Revere is born in Boston, Massachusetts
Jan. 1, 1801
Virginia
Martha Washington Engraving
Martha Washington manumits all of the enslaved persons at Mount Vernon in Washington's will
Jan. 2, 1777
New Jersey
Portrait of George Washington at Trenton
Washington thwarts an attack on Trenton by Charles Cornwallis during the Ten Crucial Days
Jan. 3, 1777
New Jersey
Portrait of William Leslie
William Leslie, a Scottish officer of the 17th Regiment of Foot, is slain at the Battle of Princeton
Jan. 3, 1777
New Jersey
James Peale (1749-1831), The Battle of Princeton, ca. 1782,
The Ten Crucial Days concludes at Princeton with Cornwallis suffering a loss and Hugh Mercer being slain in combat
Jan. 7, 1718
Massachusetts
Portrait of Israel Putnam
Israel Putnam, future officer of Rogers' Rangers and later a hero of Bunker Hill, is born in Danvers, Massachusetts
Jan. 9, 1787
Virginia
James Armistead Lafayette
James Armistead Lafayette, a crucial Patriot spy at Yorktown, is freed from enslavement with the help of Lafayette
Jan. 10, 1744
Pennsylvania
Portrait of Thomas Mifflin
Founding father Thomas Mifflin is born in Philadelphia, PA
Jan. 10, 1815
South Carolina
Rebecca Motte
Rebecca Motte, known for setting her own house on fire to expel British troops, dies of old age in Charleston
Jan. 12, 1777
New Jersey
A painting illustrating British grenadiers bayoneting Gen. Hugh Mercer.
Hugh Mercer dies several days after sustaining seven bayonet wounds at the Battle of Princeton
Jan. 15, 1783
New York
William Alexander, Lord Stirling, the man responsible for exposing the Conway Cabal, dies of gout at 56 in Albany
Jan. 15, 1833
United Kingdom
Painting of Banastre Tarleton
Banastre Tarleton, remembered for his brutality in the Southern Campaign, dies in Leintwardine
Jan. 17, 1726
United Kingdom
An incomplete portrait of Hugh Mercer
Hugh Mercer, future Scottish revolutionary, is born in Pitsligo, Scotland
Jan. 20, 1749
Massachusetts
Sketch of a woman spinning in a colonial kitchen.
Rebekah Fiske, witness of the Battle of Lexington and Concord, is born in Massachusetts
Jan. 20, 1800
Pennsylvania
Portrait of Thomas Mifflin
Thomas Mifflin, founding father, dies at 56 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Jan. 22, 1832
Pennsylvania
Molly Pitcher Loading a Cannon
Mary Hays, also known as "Molly Pitcher" for her role at the Battle of Monmouth, passes away in Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Jan. 23, 1737
Massachusetts
Portrait of John Hancock
Famed signer of the Declaration of Independence, John Hancock, is born in Braintree, Massachusetts
Jan. 24, 1733
Massachusetts
Portrait of Benjamin Lincoln
Benjamin Lincoln is born in Hingham, Massachusetts
Jan. 25, 1776
Massachusetts
Henry Knox entering camp with artillery
Henry Knox arrives in Boston with his "Noble Train of Artillery," weighing over 120,000 lbs, from Fort Ticonderoga
Jan. 29, 1756
Virginia
Henry Lee
Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, father of Robert E. Lee, is born on Leesylvania Plantation in Prince William County
Jan. 30, 1797
Massachusetts
John Glover Illustration
John Glover, Continental Brigadier General, dies at 64 in Marblehead, Massachusetts of liver failure
Jan. 31, 1781
South Carolina
image of bridge over a river with trees and blue sky in the background
Patriot forces capture provisions and prisoners in an attack on a British supply depot