May 23 » After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.
July 9 » A Bourbon force under Nicolas Catinat withdraws from a smaller Habsburg force under Prince Eugene of Savoy in the Battle of Carpi.
July 24 » Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds the trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit.
August 4 » Great Peace of Montreal between New France and First Nations is signed.
September 16 » James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.
October 9 » The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook.
Day of death April 20, 1775
The temperature on April 20, 1775 was about 8.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken helder bui betrokken. Source: KNMI
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.
May 10 » American Revolutionary War: The Second Continental Congress takes place in Philadelphia.
May 31 » American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolves are adopted in the Province of North Carolina.
June 14 » American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
September 8 » The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta.
December 9 » American Revolutionary War: British troops lose the Battle of Great Bridge, and leave Virginia soon afterward.
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