The temperature on July 19, 1775 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: donker. Special wheather fenomena: dauw. Source: KNMI
February 9 » American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
February 26 » The British East India Company factory on Balambangan Island is destroyed by Moro pirates.
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.
July 29 » Founding of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps: General George Washington appoints William Tudor as Judge Advocate of the Continental Army.
November 10 » The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas.
December 31 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Quebec: British forces repulse an attack by Continental Army General Richard Montgomery.
Day of burial February 17, 1778
The temperature on February 17, 1778 was about 0.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly north by east. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw. Source: KNMI
February 5 » South Carolina becomes the second state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
February 23 » American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army.
May 1 » American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
July 3 » American Revolutionary War: Iroquois allied to Britain kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
August 3 » The theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.
November 11 » Cherry Valley massacre: Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces attack a fort and village in eastern New York during the American Revolutionary War, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers.
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