January 10 » The Siege of Dunlap's Station begins near Cincinnati during the Northwest Indian War.
March 2 » Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
March 4 » The Constitutional Act of 1791 is introduced by the British House of Commons in London which envisages the separation of Canada into Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario).
August 4 » The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.
August 30 » HMSPandora sinks after having run aground on the outer Great Barrier Reef the previous day.
November 9 » Foundation of the Dublin Society of United Irishmen.
Christening day July 3, 1791
The temperature on July 3, 1791 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
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.
August 7 » American troops destroy the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua near the site of present-day Logansport, Indiana in the Northwest Indian War.
September 30 » France's National Constituent Assembly is dissolved, to be replaced the next day by the National Legislative Assembly
September 30 » The first performance of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute takes place two months before his death.
October 1 » First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
November 9 » Foundation of the Dublin Society of United Irishmen.
Day of death October 16, 1870
The temperature on October 16, 1870 was about 10.5 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
January 3 » Construction work begins on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, United States.
January 15 » A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).
January 23 » In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre.
March 30 » Texas is readmitted to the United States Congress following Reconstruction.
July 15 » Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.
August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
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