January 21 » Abdul Hamid I becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
June 2 » Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
June 22 » The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
September 5 » First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
October 21 » The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".
October 26 » The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.
Day of death January 25, 1790
The temperature on January 25, 1790 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: betrokken mist. Source: KNMI
January 8 » George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York City.
March 4 » France is divided into 83 départements, cutting across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on ownership of land by the nobility.
May 31 » Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
July 9 » The Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian Baltic fleet.
August 4 » A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard).
October 9 » A severe earthquake in northern Algeria causes severe damage and a tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea and kills three thousand.
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