FutureHistory » Maria Anna Poeck (Van Poeck) (1775-????)

Birthday February 5, 1775

• The temperature on February 5, 1775 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: zeer 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.
  • 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.
  • April 18 » American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.
  • July 5 » The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
  • 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.
  • July 27 » Founding of the U.S. Army Medical Department: The Second Continental Congress passes legislation establishing "an hospital for an army consisting of 20,000 men."

Source: Wikipedia

• 1748 » Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer and conductor († 1798)
• 1788 » Robert Peel, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1850)
• 1795 » Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist, geologist, and physicist († 1871)
• 1804 » Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet and hymn-writer († 1877)
• 1808 » Carl Spitzweg, German painter and poet († 1885)
• 1810 » Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist and composer († 1880)