What Happened in September 1775

Historical Events

  • Sep 13 Gotthold Lessing's "Die Juden," premieres in Frankfurt-am-Main

Ethan Allen Captured

Sep 25 American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen captured

Famous Birthdays

  • Sep 5 Juan Martín Díez, El Empecinado (The Undaunted), Spanish guerrillero, born in Valladolid, Spain (d. 1825)

Laura Secord (1775-1868)

Sep 13 Canadian heroine of the war of 1812, born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts Bay


Famous Deaths

  • Sep 7 Johann Georg Holzbogen, German violinist and composer, dies at 48
  • Sep 16 Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst, English privy councillor (b. 1684)
  • Sep 18 Andrew Foulis, Scottish bookseller and printer, dies at about 63