The temperature on May 28, 1775 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: wat dauw. Source: KNMI
February 26 » The British East India Company factory on Balambangan Island is destroyed by Moro pirates.
March 23 » American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his speech – "Give me liberty, or give me death!" – at St. John's Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia.
April 18 » American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.
June 14 » American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
June 17 » American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.
September 25 » American Revolution: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off.
Christening day June 4, 1775
The temperature on June 4, 1775 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: dauw. Source: KNMI
May 10 » American Revolutionary War: The Second Continental Congress takes place in Philadelphia.
July 8 » The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies of North America.
September 8 » The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta.
October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine).
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 9 » American Revolutionary War: British troops lose the Battle of Great Bridge, and leave Virginia soon afterward.
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