geboren: 14 jan 1775; gedoopt: 15 jan 1775; kind: Willem; vader: Sijmon [Fransz] Denijs; moeder: Barbara [Adriaensdr] Mankx; opmerkingen: getuigen Jacob Manks en Pieternella van Dee.; scannr: 311.
The temperature on January 14, 1775 was about 6.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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.
April 20 » American Revolutionary War: The Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord.
May 20 » The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence is allegedly signed in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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 25 » American Revolution: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off.
December 9 » American Revolutionary War: British troops lose the Battle of Great Bridge, and leave Virginia soon afterward.
Christening day January 15, 1775
The temperature on January 15, 1775 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
February 9 » American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
May 10 » American Revolutionary War: The Second Continental Congress takes place in Philadelphia.
July 27 » Founding of the U.S. Army Medical Department: The Second Continental Congress passes legislation establishing "an hospital for an army consisting of 20,000 men."
September 25 » American Revolution: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off.
October 18 » African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
December 9 » American Revolutionary War: British troops lose the Battle of Great Bridge, and leave Virginia soon afterward.
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