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Birthday July 26, 1775

• The temperature on July 26, 1775 was about 20.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: donder regen omtrent helder. 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.
  • July 8 » The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies of North America.
  • 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."
  • October 27 » King George III expands on his Proclamation of Rebellion in the Thirteen Colonies in his speech from the throne at the opening of Parliament.
  • December 5 » At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1739 » George Clinton, American general and politician, 4th Vice President of the United States († 1812)
• 1782 » John Field, Irish pianist and composer († 1837)
• 1791 » Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1844)
• 1796 » George Catlin, American painter, author, and traveler († 1872)
• 1802 » Mariano Arista, Mexican general and politician, 42nd President of Mexico († 1855)
• 1819 » Justin Holland, American guitarist and educator († 1887)