March 31 » American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.
May 10 » Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.
June 2 » Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
June 22 » The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
September 1 » Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.
September 5 » First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
Christening day October 23, 1774
The temperature on October 23, 1774 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
March 31 » American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.
May 10 » Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.
June 2 » Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
June 22 » The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
September 1 » Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.
October 21 » The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".
Day of death May 14, 1777
The temperature on May 14, 1777 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 2 » American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of George Washington repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey.
January 15 » American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present-day Vermont) declares its independence.
March 8 » Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.
April 26 » Sybil Ludington, aged 16, rode 40 miles (64km) to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British regular forces
August 6 » American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.
August 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Americans led by General John Stark rout British and Brunswick troops under Friedrich Baum at the Battle of Bennington in Walloomsac, New York.
Day of burial May 17, 1777
The temperature on May 17, 1777 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 2 » American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of George Washington repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey.
April 26 » Sybil Ludington, aged 16, rode 40 miles (64km) to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British regular forces
August 22 » British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.
September 19 » American Revolutionary War: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the First Battle of Saratoga.
October 6 » American Revolutionary War: British forces capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery on the Hudson River.
October 7 » American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights.
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