1775 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1775?
- March 8, 1775 – An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes “African Slavery in America”, the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery.
- March 23, 1775 – American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his speech – “Give me Liberty, or give me Death!” – at St. John’s Church in Richmond, Virginia.
- April 11, 1775 – The last execution for witchcraft in Germany takes place.
- April 20, 1775 – American Revolutionary War: the Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord.
- May 17, 1775 – American Revolutionary War: the Continental Congress bans trade with Quebec.
- May 31, 1775 – American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolutions are allegedly adopted in the Province of North Carolina.
- June 14, 1775 – American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
- June 15, 1775 – American Revolutionary War: George Washington is appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
- July 3, 1775 – American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- August 20, 1775 – The Spanish establish the Presidio San Augustin del Tucson in the town that became Tucson, Arizona.
- September 17, 1775 – American Revolutionary War: The Invasion of Canada begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean.
- October 13, 1775 – The United States Continental Congress orders the establishment of the Continental Navy (later renamed the United States Navy).
- October 18, 1775 – American Revolutionary War: The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine) prompts the Continental Congress to establish the Continental Navy.
- October 26, 1775 – King George III goes before Parliament to declare the American colonies in rebellion, and authorized a military response to quell the American Revolution.
- October 28, 1775 – American Revolutionary War: A British proclamation forbids residents from leaving Boston.
- November 7, 1775 – 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 in order to fight with Murray and the British.
- December 2, 1775 – The USS Alfred 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.
- December 5, 1775 – At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- December 9, 1775 – American Revolutionary War: British troops lose the Battle of Great Bridge, and leave Virginia soon afterward.
- December 31, 1775 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Quebec: British forces repulse an attack by Continental Army General Richard Montgomery.
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