Pop Oswald Tree » Maria Elisabeth MAHLSTEDT (± 1702-1775)

Day of death February 11, 1775

• The temperature on February 11, 1775 was about 9.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest by south. Weather type: regen. 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
  • June 11 » The American Revolutionary War's first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel.
  • June 14 » American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
  • June 17 » American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.
  • October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine).
  • December 5 » At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • December 31 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Quebec: British forces repulse an attack by Continental Army General Richard Montgomery.

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