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Birthday November 17, 1775

• The temperature on November 17, 1775 was about 4.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw. 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
  • February 9 » American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
  • 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 31 » American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolves are adopted in the Province of North Carolina.
  • June 11 » The American Revolutionary War's first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel.
  • 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.
  • December 3 » USSAlfred becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the Stars and Stripes); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1753 » Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, American pastor and botanist († 1815)
• 1755 » Louis XVIII, king of France († 1824)
• 1765 » Jacques MacDonald, French general († 1840)
• 1769 » Charlotte Georgine, duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz († 1818)
• 1790 » August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer († 1868)
• 1793 » Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter, historian, and academic († 1865)