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Birthday September 13, 1775

• The temperature on September 13, 1775 was about 14.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: regen. 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
  • 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 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 25 » American Revolution: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe.
  • October 27 » King George III expands on his Proclamation of Rebellion in the Thirteen Colonies in his speech from the throne at the opening of Parliament.
  • December 9 » American Revolutionary War: British troops lose the Battle of Great Bridge, and leave Virginia soon afterward.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1755 » Oliver Evans, American inventor, engineer and businessman († 1819)
• 1802 » Arnold Ruge, German philosopher and author († 1880)
• 1813 » John Sedgwick, American general and educator († 1864)
• 1818 » Lucy Goode Brooks, Former American slave and a founder of Friends' Asylum for Colored Orphans († 1900)
• 1819 » Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer († 1896)
• 1830 » Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author († 1916)