March 5 » Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, are fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later.
April 20 » The Georgian king, Erekle II, abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben, wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza.
May 16 » The 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste, who later becomes king of France.
July 7 » The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.
August 22 » James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.
November 14 » James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.
Day of death September 11, 1775
The temperature on September 11, 1775 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: zeer betrokken omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
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.
October 13 » The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).
November 7 » John Murray, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters to fight with Murray and the British.
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.
December 31 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Quebec: British forces repulse an attack by Continental Army General Richard Montgomery.
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