It is named after André-Marie Ampère ( 1775 – 1836 ), French mathematician and physicist, considered the father of electrodynamics.

* 1775 – Daniel O ' Connell, Irish politician ( d. 1847 )

* 1703 – Lorenzo Ricci, Italian religious leader, 18th Superior General of the Society of Jesus ( d. 1775 )

André-Marie Ampère ( 20 January 1775 – 10 June 1836 ) was a French physicist and mathematician who is generally regarded as one of the main founders of the science of classical electromagnetism, which he referred to as " electrodynamics ".

* 1775 – American Revolutionary War: King George III delivers his Proclamation of Rebellion to the Court of St. James's stating that the American colonies have proceeded to a state of open and avowed rebellion.

* 1757 – Marie Magdalene Charlotte Ackermann, German actress ( d. 1775 )

* 1775 – American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins ; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.

* 1775 – The first abolition society in North America is established.

* 1775 – American Revolutionary War: the Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord.

* 1775 – American Revolutionary War: The war begins with an American victory in Concord during the battles of Lexington and Concord.

* 1775 – The last execution for witchcraft in Germany takes place.

* 1775 – Alexander Anderson, American illustrator ( d. 1870 )

* 1775 – Charlotte of Spain ( d. 1830 )

* 1833 – Antoni Radziwiłł, Polish politician ( b. 1775 )

* Mathews, L. K. “ Benjamin Franklin ’ s Plans for a Colonial Union, 1750 – 1775 .” American Political Science Review 8 ( August 1914 ): 393 – 412.

# Lucien Bonaparte ( 1775 – 1840 )

*** House of Bourbon – Artois branch ( 1775 – 1883 )

The morning chocolate by Pietro Longhi ; Venice, 1775 – 1780.

* David R. MacGregor, Fast Sailing Ships: Their Design and Construction, 1775 – 1875 Naval Institute Press, 1988 ISBN 0-87021-895-6 index

* 1775 – Jane Austen, English writer ( d. 1817 )

* 1775 – François-Adrien Boïeldieu, French composer ( d. 1834 )

* 1775 – At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.

* 1775 – The becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag ( the precursor to the Stars and Stripes ); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.

* 1775 – American Revolutionary War: A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga.

When the American Revolutionary War started in 1775, Ethan Allen and a troop of his men, along with Connecticut Colonel Benedict Arnold, marched up to Lake Champlain and captured the strategically important military posts at Fort Ticonderoga, Crown Point, and Fort George, all in New York.

In 1775, Benedict Arnold and his 1, 100 troops would use Fort Western as a staging area before continuing their journey up the Kennebec to the Battle of Quebec.

During the American Revolutionary War, the fort again saw action in May 1775 when the Green Mountain Boys and other state militia under the command of Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold captured it in a surprise attack.

On May 10, 1775, less than one month after the American Revolutionary War was ignited with the battles of Lexington and Concord, the British garrison of 48 soldiers was surprised by a small force of Green Mountain Boys, along with militia volunteers from Massachusetts and Connecticut, led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold.

He captured Fort St. Johns and then Montreal in November 1775, and then advanced to Quebec City where he joined another force under the command of Benedict Arnold.

The only ships on the lake following the American retreat from Quebec were a small fleet of lightly armed ships that Benedict Arnold had assembled following the capture of Fort Ticonderoga in May 1775.

Benedict Arnold and his troops passed through the area on October 19, 1775 on their way up the North Branch of the Dead River to fight in the ill-fated Battle of Quebec.

Samuel Spring, John's son, became a Revolutionary War Chaplain commissioned in the militia at the Siege of Boston, and who also served in the Invasion of Canada ( 1775 ) under Colonel Benedict Arnold.

* 1780: The Fidelity Medallion was a small medal worn on a chain around the neck, similar to a religious medal, that was awarded only to three militiamen from New York state, for the capture of a British officer and spy connected directly to General Benedict Arnold ( American and British general-1780 ) during the American Revolutionary War ( 1775 -- 1783 ).

* 1775 – Fort Ticonderoga captured by Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold and the Green Mountain Boys.

In 1775, Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec stopped here long enough to build bateaux.

Benedict Arnold followed the Kennebec River north in 1775, stopping at Fort Halifax in Winslow on his ill-fated attempt to invade Canada.

General Benedict Arnold and his troops passed through Anson village in 1775 on their way up the Kennebec River to the ill-fated Battle of Quebec.

Benedict Arnold and his troops rested and re-provisioned here in 1775 during their march up the Kennebec River to the Battle of Quebec.

** Benedict Arnold's 1775 encampment — north end of Main Street at its merger with Route 201.

In 1775, Benedict Arnold and his troops would march through Norridgewock Plantation, as it was known, on their way to the ill-fated Battle of Quebec.

In 1775, Benedict Arnold and his troops marched through on their way to the Battle of Quebec.

It was at the training place where Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec encamped in 1775, during the American Revolution.

Shortly after the American Revolutionary War broke out in April 1775, a small enterprising force led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold captured the key fortress at Ticonderoga on May 10.

The Capture of Fort Ticonderoga occurred during the American Revolutionary War on May 10, 1775, when a small force of Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold overcame a small British garrison at the fort and looted the personal belongings of the garrison.

In September to November 1775, Benedict Arnold invaded north to Canada ; he used this river to transport 1, 110 American soldiers to Quebec, Canada

The experience converted him to the colonists ' cause, and, when an army led by Benedict Arnold and Richard Montgomery invaded Canada in 1775, Franks joined the American forces.

He was sent in 1775 as part of a commission to inspect the troops and facilities at Fort Ticonderoga in upstate New York, which was nominally under the control of Benedict Arnold, who had been issued a Massachusetts colonel's commission for the purpose of capturing it.