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Historical Event(s)
– 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.
– 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.
– American Revolutionary War: the Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord.
– American Revolutionary War: Representatives from the Thirteen Colonies begin the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
– American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.
– King George III declares that the American colonies exist in a state of open and avowed rebellion.
– 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)).
– African-American poet Phillis Wheatley freed from slavery.
– American Revolutionary War: A British proclamation forbids residents from leaving Boston.
Who Were Born On ?
– André-Marie Ampère, French physicist (d. 1836)
– Charles Lamb, English essayist (d. 1834)
– Alexander Anderson, American illustrator (d. 1870)
– J. M. W. Turner, English painter (d. 1851)
– Antoine Charles Louis Lasalle, French cavalry general (d. 1809)
– Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (d. 1851)
– Etienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (d. 1812)
– Daniel O'Connell, Irish politician (d. 1847)
– Juan Martín Díez, Spanish guerrilla (d. 1825)
– Laura Secord, Canadian war heroine (d. 1868)