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Birthday October 26, 1775

• The temperature on October 26, 1775 was about 9.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1775: Source: Wikipedia
  • 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.
  • May 10 » American Revolutionary War: A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga.
  • May 10 » American Revolutionary War: The Second Continental Congress takes place in Philadelphia.
  • July 8 » The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies of North America.
  • September 25 » American Revolution: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1757 » Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher and academic († 1823)
• 1759 » Georges Danton, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Justice († 1794)
• 1768 » Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician († 1844)
• 1794 » Konstantin Thon, Russian architect, designed the Grand Kremlin Palace and the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour († 1881)
• 1795 » Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer and theorist († 1872)
• 1797 » Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano († 1865)