February 10 » Huilliches in Chiloé rebel against Spanish encomenderos.
February 29 » February 29 is followed by February 30 in Sweden, in a move to abolish the Swedish calendar for a return to the Julian calendar.
April 6 » The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 begins near Broadway.
July 31 » Action of 31 July 1712 (Great Northern War): Danish and Swedish ships clash in the Baltic Sea; the result is inconclusive.
August 17 » Action of 17 August 1712 New Deep naval battle between Denmark and Sweden.
October 3 » The Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor.
Day of death June 21, 1775
The temperature on June 21, 1775 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: wat dauw. Source: KNMI
May 10 » American Revolutionary War: A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga.
May 31 » American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolves are adopted in the Province of North Carolina.
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.
October 13 » The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).
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.
November 10 » The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas.
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