12th » American Revolution: British Army British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts Colony Massachusetts. The Great Britain British offer a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms. There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty:
14th » American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
15th » American Revolutionary War: George Washington is appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
17th » American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1775
12th » Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (d. 1851)
13th » Antoni Radziwiłł, Lithuanian politician (d. 1833)
Famous Deaths for June 1775
17th » John Pitcairn, Scottish-English soldier (b. 1722)
23rd » Karl Ludwig von Pöllnitz, German adventurer (b. 1692)