The temperature on October 13, 1768 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: rijp. Source: KNMI
February 29 » Polish nobles form the Bar Confederation.
May 10 » Rioting occurs in London after John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III.
June 21 » James Otis Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.
August 26 » Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMSEndeavour.
November 5 » Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the purpose of which is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies.
December 10 » The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
Day of marriage August 15, 1790
The temperature on August 15, 1790 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
May 31 » Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
May 31 » The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790.
July 16 » The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act.
September 25 » Four Great Anhui Troupes introduce Anhui opera to Beijing in honor of the Qianlong Emperor's eightieth birthday.
December 17 » The Aztec calendar stone is discovered at El Zócalo, Mexico City.
December 22 » The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies.
Day of death May 20, 1810
The temperature on May 20, 1810 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
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De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
February 4 » Napoleonic Wars: Britain seizes Guadeloupe.
April 19 » Venezuela achieves home rule: Vicente Emparán, Governor of the Captaincy General is removed by the people of Caracas and a junta is installed.
July 20 » Citizens of Bogotá, New Granada declare independence from Spain.
August 9 » Napoleon annexes Westphalia as part of the First French Empire.
September 16 » With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain.
October 12 » The citizens of Munich hold the first Oktoberfest.
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