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- Wann
- 1. Jan. 1776
- Art
- Militäroperation
- Koordinaten
- 36.85° N, 76.28° W
- Description
- incident during the American Revolutionary War involving British Naval ships
Burning of Norfolk
1776 American Revolutionary War incident
On January 1, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War, British Royal Navy ships began shelling Norfolk, Virginia, and landing parties came ashore to burn specific properties. The town, whose significantly Loyalist population had fled, was occupied by Patriot forces from Virginia and North Carolina.
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