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Birthday September 24, 1775

• The temperature on September 24, 1775 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: helder. 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • December 31 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Quebec: British forces repulse an attack by Continental Army General Richard Montgomery.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1755 » John Marshall, American Continental Army officer, jurist, and politician, 4th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court († 1835)
• 1761 » F.L.Æ. Kunzen, German-Danish composer and conductor († 1817)
• 1796 » Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor and educator († 1875)
• 1801 » Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and physicist († 1862)
• 1802 » Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist († 1868)
• 1812 » Mary Ann Browne, British poet and writer of musical scores († 1845)