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Birthday June 17, 1775

• The temperature on June 17, 1775 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: dauw. 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.
  • April 18 » American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.
  • 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 3 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • September 11 » Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec leaves Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • December 31 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Quebec: British forces repulse an attack by Continental Army General Richard Montgomery.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1778 » Gregory Blaxland, English-Australian explorer († 1853)
• 1800 » William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, English-Irish astronomer and politician († 1867)
• 1808 » Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian poet, playwright, and linguist († 1845)
• 1810 » Ferdinand Freiligrath, German poet and translator († 1876)
• 1811 » Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician († 1879)
• 1818 » Charles Gounod, French composer and academic († 1893)