November 23

Event:
1785 John Hancock of Massachusetts becomes the seventh President of the United States in Congress Assembled under the Articles of Confederation replacing Richard Henry Lee. Nathaniel Gorham succeeds him on June 6, 1786.

Celebrated Birth:
Edward Rutledge (b. 1749 – January 23, 1800) South Carolina member of Continental Congress, signed the Declaration of Independence, Captain Charleston Battalion of Artillery.

Abraham Baldwin (b. 1754 – March 4, 1807) Georgia member of the Continental Congress, member of the Constitutional Convention, signed the Constitution.

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November 22

Event:
1783 John Hanson dies. As a delegate of the Continental Congress from Maryland, Hanson was the first man to serve a full term of President of The United States Assembled under the Articles of Confederation.

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November 21

Event:
1783 Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier along with the Marquis d’Arlandes makes the first manned free flight. During the 25-minute flight using a Montgolfier hot air balloon, they traveled 12 kilometers from the Château de la Muette to the Butte-aux-Cailles in the then outskirts of Paris, attaining an altitude of 3000 feet.

1789 North Carolina becomes the twelfth state to ratify the United States Constitution. It is nearly eight months after the First United States Congress begins.

Celebrated Birth:
Josiah Bartlett (b. 1729 – May 19, 1795) – Massachusetts Delegate to the Continental Congress, signer of the Declaration of Independence, signed Article of Confederation, member of the Constitutional Convention.

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November 20

Event:
1767 The Townshend Act goes into effect. This was an importation duty placed on glass, paint paper and tea to help defray the expenses of maintaining the standing army.

1776 Fort Lee is loss. After the fall of Fort Washington, Fort Lee was untenable. Lord Cornwallis pursued the dwindling American army across New Jersey. The army finally crossed to safety into Pennsylvania.

1778 New Jersey ratifies the Articles of Confederation.

Birth:
1761 Francesco Saverio Castiglioni, who would become Pope Pius VIII and serve from March 1829 to December 1830.

Celebrated Birth:
Tipu Sultan, also known as The Tiger of Mysore (November 20, 1750 – May 4, 1799) The ruler the Kingdom of Mysore, India from the time of his father’s death in 1782 until his death in 1799.

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November 19

Celebrated Birth:
George Rogers Clark (b. 1752 – February 13, 1818) American military leader on the northwestern frontier during the American Revolutionary War. Older brother to William Clark of the Lewis and Clark expedition.

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November 18

Event:
1776 Hessians under the command of the British capture the New Jersey Fort Lee. The Fort is across the Hudson River from New York.

Birth:
1787 Sojourner Truth, abolitionist and feminist.

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November 17

Event:
1777 The Articles of Confederation, which was approved by the Continental Congress two days earlier on November 15, 1777, is sent to the states for ratification.

Birth:
1755 Louis XVIII, first post-revolutionary King of France.

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November 16

Event:
1764 Chief Pontiac surrenders to the British. Pontiac, like other Indian leaders, was unhappy with the new British policies that began after the signing of the treaty that ended the French Indian War. Taking advantage of this dissatisfaction, Pontiac planned a resistance. He hoped to drive British soldiers and settlers away, and to revive the French and Indian alliance.

1775 Edmund Burke pleads American case in Parliament.

1776 The Battle of Fort Washington. General George Washington reluctantly and unwisely allowed the soldiers at Fort Washington to make a stand against a superior British army.

Celebrated Birth:
James McHenry (b. 1753 – May 3, 1816) Maryland statesman, member of the Constitutional Convention, signed the Constitution of the United States and the namesake of Fort McHenry.

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November 15

Event:
1777 The Articles of Confederation, which creates a Union between the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts-bay Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia is approved by the Continental Congress. Maryland will be the last to ratify in on March 1, 1781. John Hanson in 1781 is the first elected President of the United States in Congress Assembled under these Articles.

Celebrated Birth:
William Herschel (b. 1738 – August 25, 1822) German-born British astronomer and composer and discoverer of the planet Uranus.

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November 14

Birth:
1765 Robert Fulton, builder of the first commercial steam boat.

1776 Henri Dutrochet, discovered and named the process of osmosis.

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