May 3 » The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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.
August 21 » A Vodou ceremony, led by Dutty Boukman, turns into a violent slave rebellion, beginning the Haitian Revolution.
August 26 » John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
September 30 » France's National Constituent Assembly is dissolved, to be replaced the next day by the National Legislative Assembly
Day of death July 26, 1865
The temperature on July 26, 1865 was about 18.4 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
April 13 » American Civil War: Raleigh, North Carolina is occupied by Union Forces.
April 27 » The Sultana explodes and sinks in the United States' worst maritime disaster.
July 30 » The steamboat Brother Jonathan sinks off the coast of Crescent City, California, killing 225 passengers, the deadliest shipwreck on the Pacific Coast of the U.S. at the time.
October 11 » Hundreds of black men and women march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.
December 2 » Alabama ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed by North Carolina then Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks
December 4 » North Carolina ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed soon by Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks.
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