The temperature on August 1, 1775 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw. Source: KNMI
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 17 » American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.
July 8 » The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies of North America.
July 27 » Founding of the U.S. Army Medical Department: The Second Continental Congress passes legislation establishing "an hospital for an army consisting of 20,000 men."
September 17 » American Revolutionary War: The Invasion of Canada begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean.
December 5 » At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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