On January 24, 1776, Henry Knox arrived with artillery captured from Fort Ticonderoga, which enabled Washington to drive the British army out of Boston.

* 1775 – At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.

He is best known as one of the founders of the U. S. state of Vermont, and for the capture of Fort Ticonderoga early in the American Revolutionary War.

When the American Revolutionary War broke out, Allen and the Boys seized the initiative and captured Fort Ticonderoga in May 1775.

In late April, following the battles of Lexington and Concord, Allen received a message from members of an irregular Connecticut militia that they were planning to capture Fort Ticonderoga, requesting his assistance in the effort.

* 1777 – American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga – After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.

* 1777 – American Revolutionary War: American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton.

* 1758 – French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British at Ticonderoga, New York.

Forts at Ticonderoga and Crown Point ( Fort St. Frederic ) controlled passage of the lake in colonial times.

* 1775 – American Revolutionary War: A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga.

One of these was the board of directors of the Fort Ticonderoga Museum in Ticonderoga, New York.

* July 8 – Seven Years ' War: French and Indian War: French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British at Ticonderoga, New York.

On June 17, two months into the colonial siege of Boston, at the Battle of Bunker Hill, just north of Boston, British forces are victorious, but only after suffering severe casualties and after Colonial forces run out of ammunition, Fort Ticonderoga is taken by American forces in New York Colony's northern frontier, and American forces unsuccessfully invade Canada, with an attack on Montreal defeated by British forces on November 13 and an attack on Quebec repulsed December 31.

** American Revolution: Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold, leading the Green Mountain Boys of Vermont, capture Fort Ticonderoga.

* December 5 – American Revolution: Henry Knox begins his journey to Cambridge, Massachusetts with the artillery that has been captured from Fort Ticonderoga.

* July 26 – Seven Years ' War ( French and Indian War ): At the southern end of Lake Champlain, British forces capture Fort Carillon from French, and rename it Fort Ticonderoga.

* July 27 – Seven Years War ( French and Indian War ): British troops under Jeffrey Amherst take Fort Ticonderoga.

Johnson's advance stopped at Fort William Henry, and the French withdrew to Ticonderoga point, where they began the construction of Fort Carillon ( later renamed Fort Ticonderoga after British capture in 1759 ).

The Royalist position became untenable when the Essex militia stormed and captured Fort Royal, ( a redoubt on a small hill to the south-east of Worcester overlooking the Sidbury gate ), turning the Royalist guns to fire on Worcester.

They quickly commandeered the town, eliciting a promise of no resistance from the Essex militia in return for promising not to harm the townspeople or burn their homes, while a messenger rode to Fort Trumbull in New London for help.

Amherstburg and Sandwich were the first towns established in Essex County, both in 1796 after the British ceded Fort Detroit by the terms of the Jay Treaty signed in 1794.

Tilbury Fort is on the north, Essex, bank of the River Thames in England and was built to defend London from attack from the sea, particularly during the Spanish Armada and the Anglo-Dutch Wars.

The fort was considered part of Essex in the 18th and 19th centuries ; births and deaths within the garrison were recorded as ' Landguard Fort, Essex '.

Paddy Roy Bates occupied the Rough Sands Fort and set up Radio Essex, later renamed BBMS — Britain's Better Music Station — but is better known for his post-pirate activities.

Coalhouse Fort is a large casemated fort in East Tilbury, near the modern town of Tilbury, in Thurrock, Essex, downstream from Tilbury Fort.

The fort was built on low lying land in a curve of the river Thames at East Tilbury and was positioned there to form a " triangle of fire " between Coalhouse Fort on the Essex bank of the river and Cliffe Fort and Shornmead Fort on the Kent bank.

Beacon Hill Battery ( also known as Beacon Hill Fort ) was built to defend the port of Harwich, Essex.

HM Fort Roughs was one of several World War II installations that were designed by Guy Maunsell and known collectively as His Majesty's Forts or as Maunsell Sea Forts, and its purpose was to guard the port of Harwich, Essex.

In 1966 Paddy Roy Bates, who operated Radio Essex, and Ronan O ' Rahilly, who operated Radio Caroline, landed on Fort Roughs and occupied it.

In 1946, the school moved to Fort Wallington near Portsmouth, then in 1947 to in Essex, then in 1948 to HMS Excellent where it remained until November 2005.

The design of explosives, propellants and munitions was carried out at separate government-owned research and development establishments such as the Research Department, which was initially based at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich and then Fort Halstead, in Sevenoaks, Kent ; and at PERME Waltham Abbey, Essex, which later moved to became RARDE Fort Halstead.

Large annual events include Tiki Oasis in San Diego ; Hukilau in Fort Lauderdale and Ohana Luau at the Lake in Lake George, NY.

Camp Wakpominee is a large wooded camp located in Fort Ann, NY, within the boundaries of the Adirondack Park.

# Realign Fort Totten, NY, by disestablishing the HQ 77th Regional Readiness Command and establishing a Sustainment Brigade at Fort Dix, NJ., while at the same time Closing Carpenter USARC, Poughkeepsie, New York, McDonald USARC, Jamaica, New York, Fort Tilden USARC, Far Rockaway, New York, and Muller USARC, Bronx, New York, and relocate the units to a new Armed Forces Reserve Center at Fort Totten, NY.

Fort Ticonderoga located on the east side of town on New York State Route 74 | NY 74

George Washington was known to stop in Mohawk to have lunch at the Shoemaker Tavern on his way to and from Fort Stanwix in Rome, NY.

Fort Plain is at the intersection of NY Route 80 ( Reid Street ), NY Route 5S ( Canal Street ), and NY Route 163.

), North-South roadway through the town from its northern terminus with NY 18, the route roughly parallels the rest of Lake Ontario that NY 18 doesn't as it heads west and then turns south as it passes Fort Niagara State Park, through the Village of Youngstown south out of the town into the Town of Lewiston.

The region was settled in 1691 and called Fort Saratoga by Dutch settlers from Albany, NY, notably the Schuyler family.

* First Army Area, headquartered at Fort Jay in New York, New York included ME, NH, VT, MA, RI, CT, NJ, NY and DE.

Also, Fort Hill Cemetery in Auburn, NY, an area traditional to the Cayugas, has a large monument to him.

** Col. Charles Clinton 1690 – 1773 father of James and George commander of NY Militia French & Indian War ( assault on Fort Frontenac ).

During the French and Indian War, a regiment of Norwalkers arrived at Fort Crailo, NY.

After being kicked off the train, Delahanty started his way across the International Bridge connecting Buffalo, NY with Fort Erie ( near Niagara Falls ) and fell or jumped off the bridge ( some accounts say Ed was yelling about death that night )..