June 21 » In Montreal in New France, a slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique is put to death, having been convicted of setting the fire that destroyed much of the city.
Day of burial June 22, 1775
The temperature on June 22, 1775 was about 19.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
February 26 » The British East India Company factory on Balambangan Island is destroyed by Moro pirates.
April 19 » American Revolutionary War: The war begins with an American victory in Concord during the battles of Lexington and Concord.
June 17 » American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.
July 3 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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.
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."
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