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 18 » American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.
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.
September 8 » The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta.
November 13 » American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Gen. Richard Montgomery occupy Montreal.
Day of death May 25, 1785
The temperature on May 25, 1785 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. Source: KNMI
January 7 » Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon.
January 20 » Invading Siamese forces attempt to exploit the political chaos in Vietnam, but are ambushed and annihilated at the Mekong river by the Tây Sơn in the Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút.
January 27 » The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States.
November 28 » The first Treaty of Hopewell is signed, by which the United States acknowledges Cherokee lands in what is now East Tennessee.
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