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 in the year 1775.  

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

Jun 12   In the year 1775 the first naval battle of Revolution-Unity (Am) captures Margaretta (Br)  

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   In the year 1775 uS Army founded  

Jun 15   George Washington appointed commander-in-chief of American Army on this day in history.  

Jun 16   On this day in history battle of Bunker Hill (actually it is Breed's Hill)  

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   On this day in history 1st regatta held on Thames, England  

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 in the year 1775.  

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

Jul 10   On this day in history horatio Gates, issues order excluding blacks from Continental Army  

Jul 16   In the year 1775 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 in the year 1775.  

Jul 18   In the year 1775 continental Congress resolves that each colony provide armed vessels  

Jul 22   George Washington takes command of the troops on this day in history.  

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

Jul 23   Francois-Eugene Vidocq, British police detective in the year 1775.  

Jul 25   Anna Symmes Harrison, Ohio, 9th 1st lady (1841) on this day in history.  

Jul 25   Maryland issues currency depicting George III trampling Magna Carta on this day in history.  

Jul 26   On this day in history the Post Office is esablished by the Continental Congress with Ben Franklin as postmaster general.  

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

Jul 30   Capt Cook with Resolution returns to England in the year 1775.  

Aug 02   Jose Angel Lamas, composer on this day in history.  

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Jan 20   André-Marie Ampère, French physicist (d. 1836) was born in the year 1775.  

Jan 21   On this day in history birth of manuel Garcia, composer  

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

Jan 27   On this day in history birth of manuel del Popolo Vicente Rodriguez Garcia, Spanish tenor/composer  

Jan 28   Peter the Great, Russia was born in the year 1775.  

Jan 30   Walter Savage Landor, Warwick, critic/writer (Imaginary Conversation) was born in the year 1775.  

Feb 05   In the year 1775 birth of margaretha J de Neufville, author (Small Pligten)  

Feb 09   In the year 1775 birth of farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai, Hungary, mathematician (parallel axiom)  

Jan 08   John Baskerville, English printer/type designer, dies at 68 in the year 1775.  

Jan 10   On this day in history jemeljan Pugatshov, Russian kosak leader/"czar Peter III", dies  

Jan 11   Yemelyan Pugachov, Don Cossack rebel, executed by tsarist Russia died in the year 1775.  

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

Feb 05   Eusebius Amort, German Catholic theologian (b. 1692) died on this day in history.  

Feb 06   William Dowdeswell, English politician (b. 1721) died on this day in history.  

Feb 15   In the year 1775 death of peter Dens, Flemish Catholic theologian (b. 1690)  

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