January 1 » The first traveler's cheques, which could be used in 90 European cities, were issued by the London Credit Exchange Company.
June 9 » The British schooner Gaspee is burned in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
June 12 » French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne and 25 of his men killed by Māori in New Zealand.
August 19 » Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King.
August 21 » King Gustav III completes his coup d'état by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.
September 1 » The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.
Day of marriage September 12, 1790
The temperature on September 12, 1790 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
May 31 » The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790.
July 12 » The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly.
July 14 » French Revolution: Citizens of Paris celebrate the unity of the French people and the national reconciliation in the Fête de la Fédération.
October 9 » A severe earthquake in northern Algeria causes severe damage and a tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea and kills three thousand.
October 22 » Northwest Indian War: Native American forces defeat the United States in the Harmar Campaign.
December 6 » The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia.
Day of death December 15, 1847
The temperature on December 15, 1847 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. 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 1 » The world's first "Mercy" Hospital is founded in Pittsburgh, United States, by a group of Sisters of Mercy from Ireland; the name will go on to grace over 30 major hospitals throughout the world.
January 6 » Samuel Colt obtains his first contract for the sale of revolver pistols to the United States government.
July 24 » After 17 months of travel, Brigham Young leads 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City.
September 13 » Mexican–American War: Six teenage military cadets known as Niños Héroes die defending Chapultepec Castle in the Battle of Chapultepec. American troops under General Winfield Scott capture Mexico City in the Mexican–American War.
October 12 » Werner von Siemens founds Siemens & Halske, which later becomes Siemens AG.
December 5 » Jefferson Davis is elected to the U.S. Senate.
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