January 25 » The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
March 2 » Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
May 3 » The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
September 30 » France's National Constituent Assembly is dissolved, to be replaced the next day by the National Legislative Assembly
October 1 » First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
November 4 » Northwest Indian War: The Western Confederacy of American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash.
Day of marriage May 19, 1822
The temperature on May 19, 1822 was about 23.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: 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).
January 13 » The design of the Greek flag is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
January 14 » Greek War of Independence: Acrocorinth is captured by Theodoros Kolokotronis and Demetrios Ypsilantis.
January 15 » Greek War of Independence: Demetrios Ypsilantis is elected president of the legislative assembly.
May 26 » One hundred sixteen people die in the Grue Church fire, the biggest fire disaster in Norway's history.
November 16 » American Old West: Missouri trader William Becknell arrives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, over a route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail.
December 1 » Peter I is crowned Emperor of Brazil.
Day of death February 15, 1865
The temperature on February 15, 1865 was about -11.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 2 » American Civil War: Defeat at the Third Battle of Petersburg forces the Army of Northern Virginia and the Confederate government to abandon Richmond, Virginia.
April 14 » U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked at home by Lewis Powell.
April 27 » The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state's land grant institution.
May 9 » American Civil War: President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation ending belligerent rights of the rebels and enjoining foreign nations to intern or expel Confederate ships.
July 31 » The first narrow-gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.
October 11 » Hundreds of black men and women march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.
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