The temperature on December 24, 1775 was about 7.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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 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.
June 12 » American Revolution: British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts. The British offer a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms. There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty: Samuel Adams and John Hancock, if captured, were to be hanged.
June 14 » American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
September 17 » American Revolutionary War: The Invasion of Canada begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean.
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