March 4 » In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect. The United States Bill of Rights is written and proposed to Congress.
April 7 » Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
July 14 » French Revolution: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille.
September 2 » The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
September 25 » The United States Congress passes twelve constitutional amendments: the ten known as the Bill of Rights, the (unratified) Congressional Apportionment Amendment, and the Congressional Compensation Amendment.
September 29 » The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
Day of death July 16, 1792
The temperature on July 16, 1792 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
January 25 » The London Corresponding Society is founded.
April 25 » Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine.
June 4 » Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
August 16 » Maximilien de Robespierre presents the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a revolutionary tribunal.
September 20 » French troops stop an allied invasion of France at the Battle of Valmy.
September 22 » Primidi Vendémiaire of year one of the French Republican Calendar as the French First Republic comes into being.
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