What happened in 1775?
American Revolutionary War begins, Battle of Bunker Hill and First Anglo-Maratha War — among 130 events recorded in 1775. A further event is dated only to the wider period.
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Major Events 1
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American Revolutionary War begins
Fighting breaks out between American colonists and British troops at Lexington and Concord.
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Wars & Conflicts 30
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
First military engagements of the American Revolutionary War (1775)
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Battle of Bunker Hill
1775 early battle of the American Revoluntionary War
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First Anglo-Maratha War
War between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire, 1775-1782
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Siege of Boston
1775 the Continental Army's siege of British-held Boston during the beginning of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Quebec
1775 battle between Americans and British near Quebec City, Canada
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Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
Battle during the American Revolutionary War on May 10, 1775
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Ottoman–Persian War
1775-1776 war
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Siege of Fort St. Jean
1775 siege of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Machias
1775 first naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Great Bridge
1775 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Chelsea Creek
1775 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Longue-Pointe
1775 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Gloucester
1775 skirmish fought early in the American Revolutionary War at Gloucester, Massachusetts
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Battle of Kemp's Landing
1775 skirmish in the American Revolutionary War
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Siege of Savage's Old Fields
1775 military siege of the American revolutionary war
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Raid on Charlottetown (1775)
1775 military operation
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Battle of Chlumec nad Cidlinou
Battle of the Czech peasant uprising in 1775
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Battle of Great Cane Brake
1775 battle
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Battle of Menotomy
Early battle of the American Revolutionary War
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American Revolutionary War
1775–1783 war between Great Britain and the Thirteen Colonies, which won independence as the United States of America
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Battle off Fairhaven
Naval engagement in the American Revolution
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Fort of Coimbra
fort in Corumbá, Brazil
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Fort Phoenix
American Revolutionary War-era fort located at the entrance to the Fairhaven-New Bedford harbor in Fairhaven, Massachusetts.
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Fort O'Brien
fort in Maine
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Fort Glover
fort in Massachusetts
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Boston campaign
1774 opening campaign of the American Revolutionary War
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Burning of Falmouth
Attack by a fleet of Royal Navy vessels on the town of Falmouth, Massachusetts
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Invasion of Algiers
1775 failed invasion of Algiers by Spain and Tuscany
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Gunpowder Incident
Conflict of the American Revolutionary War
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Snow Campaign
Military conflict in the American revolutionary war
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People 32
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Prithvi Narayan Shah died
King of Nepal
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Samuel Ier Hangerli died
(1700-1775)
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Patriarch Cyril V of Constantinople died
Patriarch of Constantinople
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Juan José Pérez Hernández died
Spanish explorer
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Domingo de Bonechea died
Spanish explorer
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Vincenzo Riccati died
Italian mathematician and physicist (1707-1775)
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Israel Lyons died
English mathematician and botanist (1739-1775)
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Johan Maurits Mohr died
Dutch-German pastor and astronomer
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Gabriel François Venel died
French chemist
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Richard Dunthorne died
British astronomer
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Giuseppe Astarita died
Architect, Engineer
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John Rutty died
Irish Quaker physician and naturalist
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Guillaume Mazeas died
French physicist (1720-1775)
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Domenico Maria Galeazzi died
Italian anatomist and professor of physics (1686-1775)
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Pierre-Laurent Buirette de Belloy died
French actor and dramatist
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Charlotte Maria Magdalena Ackermann died
German actress (1757–1775)
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Jane Austen born
Born in Steventon. English novelist (1775–1817).
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André-Marie Ampère born
Born in Lyon. French physicist and mathematician (1775–1836).
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Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling born
Born in Leonberg. German philosopher (1775–1854).
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Bahadur Shah Zafar born
Born in Delhi. 18th and last Mughal Emperor from 1837 to 1857.
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Charles Lamb born
Born in London. British essayist, poet, antiquarian (1775–1834).
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Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême born
Born in Versailles. French prince (1775–1844).
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Eugène François Vidocq born
Born in Arras. French criminal and criminalist.
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Matthew Gregory Lewis born
Born in London. English novelist and dramatist (1775–1818).
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Walter Savage Landor born
Born in Warwick. English writer, poet, and activist (1775–1864).
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Georg Friedrich Grotefend born
Born in Hann. Münden. German epigraphist and philologist.
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Farkas Bolyai born
Born in Buia. Hungarian mathematician.
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Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach born
Born in Hainichen. German legal scholar (1775-1833).
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Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle born
Born in Metz. French general (1775–1809).
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Caroline Matilda of Great Britain died
Died in Celle. Queen consort of Denmark and Norway, 1766–1772 (1751–1775).
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Ahmad Shah Bahadur died
Died in Delhi. 13th Mughal Emperor from 1748 to 1754.
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Rana Bahadur Shah born
Born in Kathmandu. King of Nepal.
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Science & Technology 5
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Arad County Clinical Hospital
Hospital in Romania
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Gilibert Park
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Royal Museum of Physics and Natural History of Florence
Former museum in Florence, Italy
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Parc de Bagatelle
Garden in Paris
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Clausthal University of Technology
German university
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Exploration & Discovery 12
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South Sandwich Islands
Island group
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Raivavae
Island in France
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Montagu Island
Island in South Sandwich Islands
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Thule Island
Island of the South Sandwich Islands
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Candlemas Island
Island
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Willis Islands
Island group
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Vindication Island
Island in the South Sandwich Islands
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Cooper Island
Protected area
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Clerke Rocks
Island group in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Palestine expedition
1775 military expedition
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Lexington
18th-century plantation on Mason's Neck in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States
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Port Republic Historic District
archaeological site in Virginia, United States
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Religion & Belief Systems 19
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Imam Ali masjidi, Sheki
Mosque in Sheki, Azerbaijan
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Transfiguration Cathedral
Cathedral in Cluj-Napoca
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Duomo of San Giorgio
Church building in Ragusa, Italy
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Small Synagogue in Piotrków Trybunalski
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San Vincenzo shrine
Church dedicated to the patron saint of the city in Cernobbio, Como, Italy
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St. Antonius (Balesfeld)
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Bjelovar Cathedral
Cathedral in the town of Bjelovar
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Zhongliao Anxi City God Temple
The religious venue located at No. 96, Zhongliao, Zhongliao Village, Lucao Township, Chiayi County.
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Lutheran church in Nīgrande
Latvian cultural monument No. 8723
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Chapel of Christ
Chapel in Banyeres de Mariola
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Saint Antipas and Saint John the Baptist chapel
Orthodox chapel in Shungskaya Guba, Medvezhyegorsky District, Karelia
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Igreja Paroquial de Arrimal
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Buffalo Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
church building in North Carolina, United States of America
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Hopewell Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
church building in North Carolina, United States of America
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St. Georg
Chapel in Delling, Seefeld, Germany
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Wayside cross in Dolní Bezděkov
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catholic clergy house
Building in Elmstein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Church in Oradea fortress
Heritage site in Bihor County, Romania
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Rectory to the Reformed Church
Church residential building and part of an architectural ensemble in Thierachern in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
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Economy & Trade 6
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Breguet
Swiss watchmaking company
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Royal Copenhagen
Danish manufacturer of porcelain products
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Boulton and Watt
Defunct British engineering firm (1775–1895)
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John Rigby & Company
Irish gunmaking firm
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Mappin & Webb
British high-class silversmith and jewellery company
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Bowne & Co.
American company (1775–2010)
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Disasters & Pandemics 1
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Great Fire of Tartu
1775 fire in Tartu, Estonia
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Social Movements & Revolutions 1
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Rising of the Priests
1775 revolt in Malta led by priests
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Architecture & Engineering 20
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Sant'Anna dei Palafrenieri
Parish church of Vatican City
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Ludwigskirche
Church in Saarbrücken, Germany
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Myślewicki Palace
Architectural structure
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St. Ann's Church
Church
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Church of the Red Gospel
Church building in Tbilisi, Georgia
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Tranøy Church
Church in Tranøy, Norway
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Curchi Monastery
Architectural monument of national importance in Moldova
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Sagfjord Church
Church in Hamarøy, Norway
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Dal Church
Church building in Tinn, Eastern Norway
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Drangedal Church
Church building in Drangedal, Eastern Norway
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Small Nicholas Palace
Former palace within the Moscow Kremlin
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Misión Santo Domingo de la Frontera
Spanish mission in Baja California, Mexico
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St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Historic church building in Washington, D.C., United States
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Fort Belan
Grade I listed building in Gwynedd
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Church of the Theotokos of Kazan (Kstovo)
An orthodox church in Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod region, Russia
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Annunciation Church
Church building in Arzamas, Russia
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Presentation of Virgin Mary Cathedral in Nizhyn
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Church of the Intercession of the Theotokos, Syniavka
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First Baptist Church in America
church building in Providence, United States of America
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Kulibin Park
Park in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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Empires & Countries 3
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Lanna dissolved
Lanna ceased to exist, having been centered at Chiang Saen.
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Pratapgarh State founded
Pratapgarh State was founded, with its capital at Pratapgarh.
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Khairpur State founded
Khairpur State was founded, with its capital at Khairpur.
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Dated to the wider period
Wikidata records this entry only to a century, decade or millennium rather than to a specific year. It is listed here because 1775 is where that broader date falls, not because it is known to have happened in 1775.
18th century 1
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Chapel of the Nativity of the Theotokos
Orthodox chapel in Manga, Russia
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