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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
  • 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 11 » The American Revolutionary War's first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel.
  • July 26 » The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress. Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office as Postmaster General.
  • 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.

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)