Historical Events In 1775

Jun 07   United Colonies change name to United States on this day in history.  

Jun 11   Egidio Romoaldo Duni, Italian composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Jun 12   1st naval battle of Revolution-Unity (US) captures Margaretta (Br) on this day in history.  

Jun 12   The first naval battle of Revolution-Unity (Am) captures Margaretta (Br) on this day in history.  

Jun 13   Antoni Henryk Radziwill, composer on this day in history.  

Jun 14   In the year 1775 the U.S. Army is founded.  

Jun 14   US Army founded in the year 1775.  

Jun 15   In the year 1775 george Washington appointed commander-in-chief of American Army  

Jun 16   Battle of Bunker Hill (actually it is Breed's Hill) on this day in history.  

Jun 17   Battle of Bunker Hill (actually it was Breed's Hill) in the year 1775.  

Jun 22   In the year 1775 1st Continental currency issued ($3,000,000)  

Jun 22   In the year 1775 first Continental currency issued ($3,000,000)  

Jun 22   In the year 1775 the first Continental currency issued ($3,000,000)  

Jun 23   1st regatta held on Thames, England on this day in history.  

Jun 23   First regatta held on Thames, England on this day in history.  

Jul 03   Washington takes command of Continental Army at Cambridge, Mass on this day in history.  

Jul 05   US Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition in the year 1775.  

Jul 05   William Crotch, composer on this day in history.  

Jul 06   In the year 1775 congress issues "Declaration of the Causes & Necessity of Taking up Arms," listing grievances but denying intent to be independent  

Jul 10   In the year 1775 horatio Gates, issues order excluding blacks from Continental Army  

Jul 16   On this day in history john Adams graduates Harvard  

Jul 17   1st military hospital approved on this day in history.  

Jul 17   August Harder, composer on this day in history.  

Jul 17   The first military hospital approved on this day in history.  

Jul 18   On this day in history continental Congress resolves that each colony provide armed vessels  

Jul 22   In the year 1775 george Washington takes command of the troops  

Jul 22   George Washington takes command of US troops in the year 1775.  

Jul 23   On this day in history francois-Eugene Vidocq, British police detective  

Jul 25   Anna Symmes Harrison, Ohio, 9th 1st lady (1841) in the year 1775.  

Jul 25   On this day in history maryland issues currency depicting George III trampling Magna Carta  

Jul 26   The Post Office is esablished by the Continental Congress with Ben Franklin as postmaster general in the year 1775.  

Jul 26   On this day in history united States Post Office (U.S.P.O.) created in Philadelphia under Benjamin Franklin  

Jul 30   In the year 1775 capt Cook with Resolution returns to England  

Aug 02   In the year 1775 jose Angel Lamas, composer  

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Jan 20   In the year 1775 birth of andré-Marie Ampère, French physicist (d. 1836)  

Jan 21   In the year 1775 birth of manuel Garcia, composer  

Jan 27   Friedrich von Schelling, Germany, philosopher (Views on Christianity) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 27   Manuel del Popolo Vicente Rodriguez Garcia, Spanish tenor/composer was born in the year 1775.  

Jan 28   In the year 1775 birth of peter the Great, Russia  

Jan 30   Walter Savage Landor, Warwick, critic/writer (Imaginary Conversation) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 05   On this day in history birth of margaretha J de Neufville, author (Small Pligten)  

Feb 09   On this day in history birth of farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai, Hungary, mathematician (parallel axiom)  

Jan 08   John Baskerville, English printer/type designer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

Jan 10   Jemeljan Pugatshov, Russian kosak leader/"czar Peter III", dies on this day in history.  

Jan 11   On this day in history death of yemelyan Pugachov, Don Cossack rebel, executed by tsarist Russia  

Jan 15   Giovanni Battista Sammartini, composer, dies on this day in history.  

Feb 05   Eusebius Amort, German Catholic theologian (b. 1692) died in the year 1775.  

Feb 06   William Dowdeswell, English politician (b. 1721) died in the year 1775.  

Feb 15   On this day in history death of peter Dens, Flemish Catholic theologian (b. 1690)  

Jun 11   Egidio Romoaldo Duni, Italian composer, dies at 67 in the year 1775.