The temperature on November 4, 1775 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: veel rijp. Source: KNMI
February 26 » The British East India Company factory on Balambangan Island is destroyed by Moro pirates.
July 5 » The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
September 8 » The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta.
October 13 » The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).
October 18 » African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
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.
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