March 5 » Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
May 22 » A large earthquake causes heavy damage and loss of life in Istanbul and the Marmara region.
July 1 » François-Jean de la Barre, a young French nobleman, is tortured and beheaded before his body is burnt on a pyre along with a copy of Voltaire's Dictionnaire philosophique nailed to his torso for the crime of not saluting a Roman Catholic religious procession in Abbeville, France.
November 10 » The last colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University).
December 5 » In London, auctioneer James Christie holds his first sale.
December 25 » Mapuches in Chile launch a series of surprise attacks against the Spanish starting the Mapuche uprising of 1766.
Day of marriage September 16, 1792
The temperature on September 16, 1792 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
February 20 » The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington.
May 11 » Robert Gray commands the first expedition to sail into the Columbia River.
June 1 » Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States.
September 11 » The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house where they are stored.
September 21 » French Revolution: The National Convention abolishes the monarchy.
October 13 » In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.
Day of death October 26, 1846
The temperature on October 26, 1846 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 31 » After the Milwaukee Bridge War, the United States towns of Juneautown and Kilbourntown unify to create the City of Milwaukee.
April 25 » Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican–American War.
May 12 » The Donner Party of pioneers departs Independence, Missouri for California, on what will become a year-long journey of hardship and cannibalism.
June 28 » Adolphe Sax patents the saxophone.
September 14 » Jang Bahadur and his brothers massacre about 40 members of the Nepalese palace court.
October 10 » Triton, the largest moon of the planet Neptune, is discovered by English astronomer William Lassell.
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