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Day of death March 25, 1775

• The temperature on March 25, 1775 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. 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.
  • May 10 » American Revolutionary War: A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga.
  • June 14 » American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
  • July 29 » Founding of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps: General George Washington appoints William Tudor as Judge Advocate of the Continental Army.
  • September 17 » American Revolutionary War: The Invasion of Canada begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean.
  • November 7 » John Murray, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters to fight with Murray and the British.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1712 » Nehemiah Grew, English anatomist and physiologist (b. 1641)
• 1732 » Lucy Filippini, Italian teacher and saint (b. 1672)
• 1736 » Nicholas Hawksmoor, English architect, designed Easton Neston and Christ Church (b. 1661)
• 1738 » Turlough O'Carolan, Irish harp player and composer (b. 1670)
• 1801 » Novalis, German poet and author (b. 1772)
• 1818 » Caspar Wessel, Norwegian-Danish mathematician and cartographer (b. 1745)