1775 in Great Britain:

Other years

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Sport

1775 English cricket season

Events from the year 1775 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Incumbents

• Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom
• Prime Minister - Frederick North, Lord North, Tory

Events

• 17 January - First performance of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play The Rivals at the Covent Garden Theatre in London.
• 9 February - American Revolution: British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
• 19 April - The American Revolutionary War begins with the Battles of Lexington and Concord.^[1]
• 10 May - American Revolution: Capture of Fort Ticonderoga by Patriot forces.^[2]
• 12 May - American Revolution: Battle of Crown Point.
• 12 June - American Revolution: British forces offer a pardon to all colonists who would lay down their arms.
• 17 June - American Revolution: Battle of Bunker Hill.^[1]
• 5 July - American Revolution: The Continental Congress sends the Olive Branch Petition to King George III, hoping for a reconciliation.
• 12 August—3 November: American Revolution: Battle of Fort St. Jean.
• 23 August - American Revolution: Refusing to even look at the Olive Branch Petition, King George issues a Proclamation of Rebellion against the American colonies.
• 24 September - American Revolution: Battle of Longue-Pointe.
• 9 December - American Revolution: Battle of Great Bridge.
• 30 December–31 December - American Revolution: Battle of Quebec.

Undated

• John Wilkinson (industrialist) invented and patented a new kind of boring machine.
• Actress Sarah Siddons makes her debut at the Drury Lane Theatre as Portia in The Merchant of Venice.^[2]

Publications

• Samuel Johnson's A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland.^[2]

Births

• 10 February
  • Charles Lamb, writer (died 1834)
  • James Smith, author (died 1839)
• 25 November - Charles Kemble, actor (died 1854)
• 14 December - Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, admiral (died 1860)
• 16 December - Jane Austen, novelist (died 1817)

Deaths

• 8 January - John Baskerville, printer (b. 1706)
• 6 February - William Dowdeswell, politician (b. 1721)
• 17 June - Major John Pitcairn, marine (killed in battle) (b. 1722)
• 16 September - Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst, privy councillor (b. 1684)
• 21 November - John Hill, writer (b. c. 1716)
• 7 December - Charles Saunders, admiral (b. c. 1715)

References

See also