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 14, 1775 – 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, Pennsylvania by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
- April 18, 1775 – American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.
- 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 31, 1775 – American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolutions are allegedly adopted in the Province of North Carolina.
- June 11, 1775 – The American Revolutionary War’s first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel.
- June 17, 1775 – American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.
- July 3, 1775 – American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- July 5, 1775 – The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
- August 20, 1775 – The Spanish establish the Presidio San Augustin del Tucson in the town that became Tucson, Arizona.
- September 11, 1775 – Benedict Arnold’s expedition to Quebec leaves Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- September 17, 1775 – American Revolutionary War: The Invasion of Canada begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean.
- September 25, 1775 – Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe. At the same time, Benedict Arnold and his expeditionary company set off from Fort Western, bound for Quebec City (Invasion of Canada (1775)).
- 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.
- November 10, 1775 – The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas.
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