November 20 – American Revolution:
Battle of Fort Lee – Invasion of
New Jersey by British and Hessian forces and subsequent general retreat of the Continental Army.
December 25 – American Revolution: At 6 p.m. Gen. George Washington and his troops, numbering 2,400, march to
McConkey's Ferry,
cross the Delaware River, and land on the New Jersey bank by 3 a.m. the following morning.
December 26 – American Revolution:
Battle of Trenton: Washington's troops surprise the 1500 Hessian troops under the command of Col.
Johann Rall at 8 a.m. outside Trenton and score a victory, taking 948 prisoners while suffering only 5 wounded.
^New York Gazette and Weekly Mercury, Sept. 28, 1776; quoted in: New Jersey Historical Society. Documents relating to the Revolutionary history of the State of New Jersey,
v.1. Trenton, NJ: J.L. Murphy publishing co., printers, 1901
^The Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography, Volume 20 By Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 134
November 20 – American Revolution:
Battle of Fort Lee – Invasion of
New Jersey by British and Hessian forces and subsequent general retreat of the Continental Army.
December 25 – American Revolution: At 6 p.m. Gen. George Washington and his troops, numbering 2,400, march to
McConkey's Ferry,
cross the Delaware River, and land on the New Jersey bank by 3 a.m. the following morning.
December 26 – American Revolution:
Battle of Trenton: Washington's troops surprise the 1500 Hessian troops under the command of Col.
Johann Rall at 8 a.m. outside Trenton and score a victory, taking 948 prisoners while suffering only 5 wounded.
^New York Gazette and Weekly Mercury, Sept. 28, 1776; quoted in: New Jersey Historical Society. Documents relating to the Revolutionary history of the State of New Jersey,
v.1. Trenton, NJ: J.L. Murphy publishing co., printers, 1901
^The Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography, Volume 20 By Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 134