Joseph Priestley

No major battles occurred on this date.

But in 1733, Joseph Priestley, supporter of the American Revolution and leader of the Unitarian Church in Britain and America, is born in Birstall, Yorkshire, England.
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Battle of Fort Johnson

On this day in 1776,

British reinforcements arrived with the arrival of Adm. Henry Clinton's fleet, which came from the Cape Fear River area. After learning of the British defeat at the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, he decides not to land troops on the mainland deciding it too dangerous. The Americans prevail at the Battle of Fort Johnson.
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Battle of Hutchinson's Island

On this day in 1776,

Col. Stephen Bull embarking from Purysburgh with a relief force of 400 South Carolina militiamen, move down the Savannah River, landing on Hutchinson's Island.

The sloop HMS Cherokee and a transport ship sailed up the river to the island. Once they arrived, they assisted some of the British ships that were in the area to safely withdraw. Those ships threw about 2,000 lbs. of rice overboard and sailed out of range of Bull's floating artillery at the Battle of Hutchinson's Island.
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Fort Johnson

On this day in 1776,

Capt. Francis Parry, commander of the HMS Cruizer, sends a 12-man party to destroy Fort Johnson. The local Patriot militia onshore spot the party and drive them away with gunfire.
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Chesapeake Bay

On this day in 1776,

The USS Defense, and Maryland militiamen attack and drive off the HMS Otter, one in Lord Dunmore's "navy" in the Chesapeake Bay.
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Battle of Punk Hill, NJ

On this day in 1777,

3000 British troops from Amboy, NJ skirmish with Gen. Maxwell's Pennsylvania Regiment at The Battle of Punk Hill, NJ.
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Battle of Charleston

On this day in 1780,

The British are repulsed at Ferguson’s Plantation during The Battle of Charleston.
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