The temperature on June 30, 1743 was about 15.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: regen betrokken geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
March 18 » American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act.
May 22 » A large earthquake causes heavy damage and loss of life in Istanbul and the Marmara region.
July 1 » François-Jean de la Barre, a young French nobleman, is tortured and beheaded before his body is burnt on a pyre along with a copy of Voltaire's Dictionnaire philosophique nailed to his torso for the crime of not saluting a Roman Catholic religious procession in Abbeville, France.
December 2 » Swedish parliament approved the Swedish Freedom of the Press Act and implemented it as a ground law, thus being first in the world with freedom of speech.
December 5 » In London, auctioneer James Christie holds his first sale.
December 25 » Mapuches in Chile launch a series of surprise attacks against the Spanish starting the Mapuche uprising of 1766.
Day of death July 8, 1789
The temperature on July 8, 1789 was about 22.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
April 30 » On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.
July 10 » Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta.
September 11 » Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
September 22 » Battle of Rymnik: Alexander Suvorov's Russian and allied army defeats superior Ottoman Empire forces.
September 29 » The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
October 2 » The United States Bill of Rights is sent to the various States for ratification.
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