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Birthday December 25, 1774

  • The temperature on December 25, 1774 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: geheel 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 1774: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 21 » Abdul Hamid I becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
    • March 31 » American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.
    • July 4 » Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.
    • August 1 » British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
    • September 4 » New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
    • September 5 » First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.

Christening day January 1, 1775

  • The temperature on January 1, 1775 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. 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
    • April 14 » The first abolition society in North America is established. The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage is organized in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
    • July 26 » The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress. Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office as Postmaster General.
    • September 17 » American Revolutionary War: The Invasion of Canada begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean.
    • September 25 » American Revolution: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off.
    • November 10 » The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas.
    • December 5 » At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.


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