1775
Boston Neck
Leaves Boston by the land route through Boston Neck to avoid British attention.
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Leaves Boston by the land route through Boston Neck to avoid British attention.
Rides through Roxbury and Cambridge on the way to Lexington.
Appointed Commander in Chief
Appointed Commander of the Continental forces
Appointed Commander of the Continental forces
Leaves Lexington with Revere and Samuel Prescott to continue the warning toward Concord.
Elected President of the Second Continental Congress, succeeding Peyton Randolph after Henry Middleton declined the nomination
Avoids capture after British patrols interrupt the riders beyond Lexington.
Famine in Paris, April-May
Reaches Lexington and warns John Hancock and Samuel Adams of danger.
Il re pastore is performed in Salzburg.
La finta giardiniera premieres in Munich.
Joseph Warren sends William Dawes and Paul Revere to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams of the British march.
Dispatches William Dawes and Paul Revere to warn Patriot leaders of the British march.
Gage underestimates the Minutemen, Paul Revere spreads the news that "the regulars are coming," but as captured before completing his mission when the British march towards the arsenal in Lexington and Concord to collect the patriots weapons
Gage underestimates the Minutemen, Paul Revere spreads the news that "the regulars are coming," but as captured before completing his mission when the British march towards the arsenal in Lexington and Concord to collect the patriots weapons
The US navy is founded
Created 2nd Earl Bathurst of Bathurst, Sussex
Created 2nd Baron Bathurst of Battlesden, co. Bedford
Begins transforming the army while maintaining the Siege of Boston
Gage decides to send a 800-man force on a march to Concord to seize arms, gunpowder, cannons, and provisions from the provincials
Gage underestimates the Minutemen, Paul Revere spreads the news that "the regulars are coming," but as captured before completing his mission when the British march towards the arsenal in Lexington and Concord to collect the patriots weapons
Gage underestimates the Minutemen, Paul Revere spreads the news that "the regulars are coming," but as captured before completing his mission when the British march towards the arsenal in Lexington and Concord to collect the patriots weapons
Gage underestimates the Minutemen, Paul Revere spreads the news that "the regulars are coming," but as captured before completing his mission when the British march towards the arsenal in Lexington and Concord to collect the patriots weapons
Gage underestimates the Minutemen, Paul Revere spreads the news that "the regulars are coming," but as captured before completing his mission when the British march towards the arsenal in Lexington and Concord to collect the patriots weapons
Birth of Andre-Marie Ampere
Birth of Bahadur Shah II
Birth of James Walter Grimston
Death of Allen Bathurst
British victory during a siege of American rebels in Boston
Killed during the Battle of Bunker Hill
Commander in Chief during the Battle of Bunker Hill
His warning forms part of the alert network before fighting at Concord.
His warning helps Patriot leaders and militia prepare before fighting begins at Lexington.
Uses troops to seize military stores & precipitates the Battle of Lexington
Commands the Minutemen
Fails to escape France in support of the emigres through the north east frontier
Louis XVI failed to escape France in support of the emigres through the north east frontier.
Louis XVI was crowned King of France at Reims Cathedral.
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