The temperature on May 6, 1774 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw. Source: KNMI
May 10 » Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.
July 21 » Russo-Turkish War (1768–74): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war.
August 1 » British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
September 4 » New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
October 21 » The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".
October 26 » The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.
Day of death June 22, 1775
The temperature on June 22, 1775 was about 19.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
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.
June 14 » American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
June 17 » American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.
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 11 » Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec leaves Cambridge, Massachusetts.
December 5 » At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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