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This is a list of events in the year 1776 in Connecticut.

Incumbents

Governor:Jonathan Trumbull (Starting October 10th) Lieutenant Governor:Matthew Griswold (Starting unknown)

Events

January

February

March

April

April 11th – Jonathan Trumbull is elected the 16th governor.^[1]

May

June

July

July 4th – 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

August 2nd – 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).^[2]

September

October

October 10th – Jonathan Trumbull is sworn in as the 16th governor of the newly formed state.

November

December

undated

Matthew Griswold becomes the first Lieutenant Governor of the state.

births

January 2 – Jeremiah Chaplin, Reformed Baptist theologian (d. 1841)
March 17 – Joel Abbot, physician and politician (d. 1826)^[3]
March 19 – Philemon Beecher, attorney and legislator (d. 1839)^[4]^[5]
July 4 – Ethan Allen Brown, politician, seventh governor of Ohio (d. 1852)^[6]
September 9 – Parmenio Adams, businessman and politician (d. 1832)^[7]

References

^ "Our Campaigns - CT Governor Race - Apr 11, 1776". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
^ U.S. State Department (1911). The Declaration of Independence, 1776. pp. 10–11.
^ "ABBOT, Joel 1776 – 1826". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
^ The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 51, page 27
^ "BEECHER, Philemon ca. 1775 – 1839". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
^ "BROWN, Ethan Allen 1776 – 1852". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
^ "ADAMS, Parmenio 1776 – 1832". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

[1] "Our Campaigns - CT Governor Race - Apr 11, 1776". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2020-03-20.

[2] U.S. State Department (1911). The Declaration of Independence, 1776. pp. 10–11.

[3] "ABBOT, Joel 1776 – 1826". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 10 March 2024.

[4] The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 51, page 27

[5] "BEECHER, Philemon ca. 1775 – 1839". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

[6] "BROWN, Ethan Allen 1776 – 1852". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

[7] "ADAMS, Parmenio 1776 – 1832". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

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