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Birthday February 12, 1775

• The temperature on February 12, 1775 was about 8.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: 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.
  • May 10 » American Revolutionary War: A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga.
  • 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 14 » American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
  • August 23 » American Revolutionary War: King George III delivers his Proclamation of Rebellion to the Court of St James's stating that the American colonies have proceeded to a state of open and avowed rebellion.
  • October 13 » The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1768 » Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor († 1835)
• 1775 » Louisa Adams, English-American wife of John Quincy Adams, 6th First Lady of the United States († 1852)
• 1777 » Bernard Courtois, French chemist and academic († 1838)
• 1777 » Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German author and poet († 1843)
• 1785 » Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist and chemist († 1838)
• 1787 » Norbert Provencher, Canadian bishop and missionary († 1853)