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Birthday July 13, 1775

• The temperature on July 13, 1775 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: regen betrokken. 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
  • 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.
  • April 18 » American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.
  • 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.
  • September 8 » The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta.
  • September 11 » Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec leaves Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • December 31 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Quebec: British forces repulse an attack by Continental Army General Richard Montgomery.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1745 » Robert Calder, Scottish-English admiral († 1818)
• 1756 » Thomas Rowlandson, English artist and caricaturist († 1827)
• 1760 » István Pauli, Hungarian-Slovene priest and poet († 1829)
• 1770 » Alexander Balashov, Russian general and politician, Russian Minister of Police († 1837)
• 1793 » John Clare, English poet and author († 1864)
• 1821 » Nathan Bedford Forrest, American general and first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan († 1877)