January 2 » Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, North America, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War.
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 14 » Slaves from plantations in Saint-Domingue hold a Vodou ceremony led by houngan Dutty Boukman at Bois Caïman, marking the start of the Haitian Revolution.
August 21 » A Vodou ceremony, led by Dutty Boukman, turns into a violent slave rebellion, beginning the Haitian Revolution.
September 5 » Olympe de Gouges writes the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen.
September 13 » King Louis XVI of France accepts the new constitution.
Christening day August 21, 1791
The temperature on August 21, 1791 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
June 21 » King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
August 4 » The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.
August 22 » Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.
August 26 » John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
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.
Day of death August 2, 1868
The temperature on August 2, 1868 was about 24.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. Source: KNMI
From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
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).
May 14 » Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward.
May 16 » The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote.
June 10 » Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
November 3 » John Willis Menard (R-Louisiana) was the first African American elected to the United States Congress. Because of an electoral challenge, he was never seated.
November 4 » Camagüey, Cuba, revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.
November 30 » A statue of King Charles XII of Sweden is inaugurated in Stockholm's Kungsträdgården.
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