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
February 9 » American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
April 14 » The first abolition society in North America is established. The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage is organized in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
April 19 » American Revolutionary War: The war begins with an American victory in Concord during the battles of Lexington and Concord.
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.
July 3 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
October 13 » The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).
Day of death June 5, 1783
The temperature on June 5, 1783 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 20 » The Kingdom of Great Britain signed preliminary articles of peace with France, setting the stage to the official end of hostilities in the American Revolutionary War later that year.
February 7 » American Revolutionary War: French and Spanish forces lift the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
March 15 » In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d'état never takes place.
April 15 » Preliminary articles of peace ending the American Revolutionary War (or American War of Independence) are ratified.
August 18 » A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the east coast.
November 25 » American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
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