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Birthday May 31, 1775

• The temperature on May 31, 1775 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by west. Weather type: betrokken omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: wat 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
  • June 12 » American Revolution: British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts. The British offer a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms. There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty: Samuel Adams and John Hancock, if captured, were to be hanged.
  • 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.
  • November 13 » American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Gen. Richard Montgomery occupy Montreal.
  • December 3 » USSAlfred becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the Stars and Stripes); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.
  • December 5 » At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1732 » Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop († 1812)
• 1753 » Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud, French lawyer and politician († 1793)
• 1754 » Andrea Appiani, Italian painter and educator († 1817)
• 1773 » Ludwig Tieck, German poet, author, and critic († 1853)
• 1801 » Johann Georg Baiter, Swiss philologist and scholar († 1887)
• 1815 » Adye Douglas, English-Australian cricketer and politician, 15th Premier of Tasmania († 1906)