1775 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1775?
- 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 18, 1775 – American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.
- April 19, 1775 – American Revolutionary War: The war begins with an American victory in Concord during the battles of Lexington and Concord.
- April 20, 1775 – American Revolutionary War: the Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord.
- May 10, 1775 – American Revolutionary War: Representatives from the Thirteen Colonies begin the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
- May 17, 1775 – American Revolutionary War: the Continental Congress bans trade with Quebec.
- May 20, 1775 – Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence signed in Charlotte, North Carolina
- May 31, 1775 – American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolutions are allegedly adopted in the Province of North Carolina.
- June 15, 1775 – American Revolutionary War: George Washington is appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
- July 5, 1775 – The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
- July 8, 1775 – The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies.
- July 26, 1775 – The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress.
- October 18, 1775 – American Revolutionary War: The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine) prompts the Continental Congress to establish the Continental Navy.
- 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.
- November 10, 1775 – The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas.
- November 13, 1775 – American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Gen. Richard Montgomery attack Montreal, Quebec, defended by British General Guy Carleton.
- December 31, 1775 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Quebec: British forces repulse an attack by Continental Army General Richard Montgomery.
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