Enlightenment · North America · War

1775

Battle of Bunker Hill

June 17, 1775

Massachusetts farmers, entrenched on Breed's Hill above Charlestown, were told not to fire until they saw the whites of the British eyes. They inflicted a thousand redcoat casualties - half of Howe's attacking force - before running out of powder. A tactical defeat so expensive it felt like a victory.

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Before and after in North America

Before: September 5, 1774: First Continental Congress Meets
After: January 10, 1776: Paine's Common Sense

Before and after in War

Before: 1771: Russian Conquest of Crimea Begins
After: December 26, 1776: Washington Crosses the Delaware

Era

Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Battle of Bunker Hill