February 28 » Battle of Helsingborg: 14,000 Danish invaders under Jørgen Rantzau are decisively defeated by an equally sized Swedish force under Magnus Stenbock. This is the last time Swedish and Danish troops meet on Swedish soil.
April 5 » The Statute of Anne receives the royal assent establishing the Copyright law of the United Kingdom.
April 10 » The Statute of Anne, the first law regulating copyright, comes into force in Great Britain.
August 20 » War of the Spanish Succession: A multinational army led by the Austrian commander Guido Starhemberg defeats the Spanish-Bourbon army commanded by Alexandre Maître, Marquis de Bay in the Battle of Saragossa.
October 13 » Port Royal, the capital of French Acadia, falls in a siege by British forces.
Day of death November 20, 1775
The temperature on November 20, 1775 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken mist. Source: KNMI
May 10 » American Revolutionary War: The Second Continental Congress takes place in Philadelphia.
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.
June 14 » American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
June 17 » American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.
July 5 » The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
November 13 » American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Gen. Richard Montgomery occupy Montreal.
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