The temperature on April 16, 1775 was about 6.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: regen betrokken. Source: KNMI
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.
April 18 » American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.
May 20 » The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence is allegedly signed in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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."
August 20 » The Spanish establish the Presidio San Augustin del Tucson in the town that became Tucson, Arizona.
October 13 » The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).
Day of death June 7, 1776
The temperature on June 7, 1776 was about 12.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 1 » American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
July 8 » Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
August 31 » William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
September 17 » The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain.
November 16 » American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.
December 7 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.
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