The temperature on February 8, 1775 was about 10.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest by south. Weather type: regen. Source: KNMI
April 19 » American Revolutionary War: The war begins with an American victory in Concord during the battles of Lexington and Concord.
June 11 » The American Revolutionary War's first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel.
July 8 » The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies of North America.
July 27 » Founding of the U.S. Army Medical Department: The Second Continental Congress passes legislation establishing "an hospital for an army consisting of 20,000 men."
September 17 » American Revolutionary War: The Invasion of Canada begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean.
October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine).
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