The temperature on August 27, 1775 was about 18.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: regen betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: wat dauw. Source: KNMI
February 9 » American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
March 23 » American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his speech – "Give me liberty, or give me death!" – at St. John's Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia.
July 26 » The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress. Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office as Postmaster General.
September 17 » American Revolutionary War: The Invasion of Canada begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean.
September 25 » American Revolution: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe.
October 18 » African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
Christening day September 15, 1775
The temperature on September 15, 1775 was about 13.0 °C. There was 88 mm of rainWind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: regen omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw. Source: KNMI
April 18 » American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.
July 3 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
July 5 » The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
July 29 » Founding of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps: General George Washington appoints William Tudor as Judge Advocate of the Continental Army.
September 8 » The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta.
November 7 » John Murray, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters to fight with Murray and the British.
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