1775 in Great Britain

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.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
* 10 May - American Revolution: Capture of Fort Ticonderoga by Patriot forces.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=329]
* 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.
* 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.

Publications

* Samuel Johnson's "A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland".

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

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