The temperature on February 25, 1775 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: rijp. Source: KNMI
April 18 » American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.
May 31 » American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolves are adopted in the Province of North Carolina.
July 8 » The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies of North America.
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.
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.
December 3 » USSAlfred becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the Stars and Stripes); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.
Christening day March 19, 1775
The temperature on March 19, 1775 was about 14.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: regen. Source: KNMI
February 26 » The British East India Company factory on Balambangan Island is destroyed by Moro pirates.
May 10 » American Revolutionary War: A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga.
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.
September 25 » American Revolution: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe.
October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine).
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.
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