Family tree Lars Werner » Jean BIHL (1775-????)

Birthday June 11, 1775

• The temperature on June 11, 1775 was about 23.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken 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
  • 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 31 » American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolves are adopted in the Province of North Carolina.
  • June 11 » The American Revolutionary War's first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel.
  • July 3 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • July 29 » Founding of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps: General George Washington appoints William Tudor as Judge Advocate of the Continental Army.
  • September 17 » American Revolutionary War: The Invasion of Canada begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1741 » Joseph Warren, American physician and general († 1775)
• 1776 » John Constable, English painter and academic († 1837)
• 1797 » José Trinidad Reyes, Honduran philosopher and theorist († 1855)
• 1807 » James F. Schenck, American admiral († 1882)
• 1815 » Julia Margaret Cameron, Indian-Sri Lankan photographer († 1879)
• 1818 » Alexander Bain, Scottish philosopher and academic († 1903)