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
March 31 » American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.
June 2 » Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
June 13 » Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.
July 4 » Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.
July 21 » Russo-Turkish War (1768–74): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war.
October 21 » The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".
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.
May 31 » American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolves are adopted in the Province of North Carolina.
June 12 » American Revolution: British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts. The British offer a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms. There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty: Samuel Adams and John Hancock, if captured, were to be hanged.
July 3 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
July 8 » The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies of North America.
December 9 » American Revolutionary War: British troops lose the Battle of Great Bridge, and leave Virginia soon afterward.
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