9 April 1775Siege of ConcordThomas Cage
Gage decides to send a 800-man force on a march to Concord to seize arms, gunpowder, cannons, and provisions from the provincials
Historical records for Great Britain in 1775, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
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
Uses troops to seize military stores & precipitates the Battle of Lexington
British victory during a siege of American rebels in Boston
Death of Allen Bathurst
Created 2nd Earl Bathurst of Bathurst, Sussex
Created 2nd Baron Bathurst of Battlesden, co. Bedford
Birth of James Walter Grimston
Watt and Matthew Boulton begin commercial production of improved steam engines.
Sights South Georgia and sails around it, mistakenly thinking it may be connected to Antarctica; names Cape Disappointment at the southern end of the island
Falls seriously ill during service in the East Indies.
Appointed Lord Advocate
The British are turned back from Concord by the Minutemen
Resigns after the Battle of Bunker Hill as Governor of Massachusetts
The British are turned back from Concord by the Minutemen
Receives an extended steam-engine patent, allowing Boulton and Watt to commercialise improved engines.
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