Jun 21: Spain declares war on Great Britain
Jul 8: Fairfield, CT burned by the British
Jul 11: Norwalk, CT burned by the British
Jul 16: American General “Mad” Anthony Wayne captures Stony Point, NY
Sep 23: American Admiral John Paul Jones, aboard the Bonhomme Richard, captures British man–of–war Serapis near the English coast
Nov 15: Washington spends second winter at Morristown, NJ; will camp there until June 23, 1780