- Sep 3 Earl d'Orvilliers (French/Spanish Armada) sails back to Brest
'I Have Not Yet Begun To Fight'
Sep 23 John Paul Jones aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard defeats the British frigate HMS Serepis and becomes the United States first well-known naval hero
John Adams Peace Negotiator
Sep 27 John Adams appointed to negotiate Revolutionary War peace terms with Great Britain
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