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What Happened in June 1775

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Historical Events

Jun 12 1st naval battle of Revolution-Unity (US) captures Margaretta (Br)

Continental Army Forms

Jun 14 US Army first forms as the Continental Army to fight American Revolutionary War

US General Nathanael Greene

Commander-in-Chief George Washington

Jun 15 George Washington appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, the day after Congress establishes the force

First US President George Washington

Jun 17 Battle of Bunker Hill (actually it was Breed's Hill)
Jun 22 1st Continental currency issued ($3,000,000)
Jun 23 1st regatta held on river Thames, England

Famous Birthdays

Jun 12 Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal, born in Halle, Duchy of Magdeburg, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1851)
Jun 13 Antoni Radziwiłł, Polish-Lithuanian politician, cellist, and composer, born in Vilnius, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (now Lithuania) (d. 1833)

Famous Deaths

Jun 11 Egidio Romoaldo Duni, Italian composer, dies at 67
Jun 17 John Pitcairn, Scottish marine who fought in North America, killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill at 52
Jun 17 Joseph Warren, American physician and soldier, dies at 34
Jun 23 Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (b. 1692)

What Happened in 1775

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