January 9 » Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States.
February 1 » French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
June 2 » French Revolution: François Hanriot, leader of the Parisian National Guard, arrests 22 Girondists selected by Jean-Paul Marat, setting the stage for the Reign of Terror.
September 18 » The first cornerstone of the United States Capitol is laid by George Washington.
November 16 » French Revolution: Ninety dissident Roman Catholic priests are executed by drowning at Nantes.
December 26 » Second Battle of Wissembourg: France defeats Austria.
Day of death May 29, 1872
The temperature on May 29, 1872 was about 21.3 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The atmospheric humidity was 50%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
January 12 » Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
February 20 » The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.
March 16 » The Wanderers F.C. won the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
June 14 » Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
July 18 » The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot.
December 9 » In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.
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