February 26 » The British East India Company factory on Balambangan Island is destroyed by Moro pirates.
April 14 » The first abolition society in North America is established. The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage is organized in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
September 25 » American Revolution: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off.
October 13 » The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).
October 18 » African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
November 10 » The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas.
Day of burial February 16, 1775
The temperature on February 16, 1775 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
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.
May 10 » American Revolutionary War: A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga.
May 31 » American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolves are adopted in the Province of North Carolina.
September 8 » The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta.
September 25 » American Revolution: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off.
October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine).
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