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Birthday February 13, 1791

• The temperature on February 13, 1791 was about 4.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1791: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 25 » The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
  • February 18 » Congress passes a law admitting the state of Vermont to the Union, effective 4 March, after that state had existed for 14 years as a de facto independent largely unrecognized state.
  • June 21 » King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
  • July 14 » The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England.
  • September 9 » Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.
  • December 4 » The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.

Source: Wikipedia

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