The temperature on June 5, 1775 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: wat dauw. Source: KNMI
February 9 » American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
February 26 » The British East India Company factory on Balambangan Island is destroyed by Moro pirates.
March 8 » An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery.
July 8 » The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies of North America.
September 8 » The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta.
December 9 » American Revolutionary War: British troops lose the Battle of Great Bridge, and leave Virginia soon afterward.
Christening day June 11, 1775
The temperature on June 11, 1775 was about 23.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
July 5 » The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
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 8 » The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta.
October 13 » The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).
October 27 » King George III expands on his Proclamation of Rebellion in the Thirteen Colonies in his speech from the throne at the opening of Parliament.
November 13 » American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Gen. Richard Montgomery occupy Montreal.
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