February 26 » The British East India Company factory on Balambangan Island is destroyed by Moro pirates.
June 14 » American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
August 23 » American Revolutionary War: King George III delivers his Proclamation of Rebellion to the Court of St James's stating that the American colonies have proceeded to a state of open and avowed rebellion.
September 25 » American Revolution: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe.
October 27 » King George III expands on his Proclamation of Rebellion in the Thirteen Colonies in his speech from the throne at the opening of Parliament.
December 31 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Quebec: British forces repulse an attack by Continental Army General Richard Montgomery.
Day of marriage December 13, 1793
The temperature on December 13, 1793 was about 9.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: betrokken mist. Source: KNMI
March 18 » Flanders Campaign of the French Revolution, Battle of Neerwinden.
July 13 » Journalist and French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is assassinated in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday, a member of the opposing political faction.
July 23 » Kingdom of Prussia re-conquers Mainz from France.
September 5 » French Revolution: The French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.
November 10 » A Goddess of Reason is proclaimed by the French Convention at the suggestion of Pierre Gaspard Chaumette.
November 16 » French Revolution: Ninety dissident Roman Catholic priests are executed by drowning at Nantes.
Day of death October 29, 1861
The temperature on October 29, 1861 was about 6.0 °C. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
January 3 » American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States.
February 1 » American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States.
April 29 » American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.
August 5 » The United States Army abolishes flogging.
November 1 » American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as the commander of the Union Army, replacing General Winfield Scott.
November 8 » American Civil War: The "Trent Affair": The USSSan Jacinto stops the British mail ship Trent and arrests two Confederate envoys, sparking a diplomatic crisis between the UK and US.
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