November 11 – American Revolutionary War: Cherry Valley massacre – British forces and their Iroquois allies attack a fort and the village of Cherry Valley, New York, killing 14 soldiers and 30 civilians.
Phillips Academy, a prestigious secondary boarding school in the United States, is founded by Samuel Phillips Jr.
The term "thoroughbred" is first used in the United States in an advertisement in a Kentuckygazette to describe a New Jersey stallion called Pilgarlick.
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