The temperature on December 13, 1778 was about 9.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: regen omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
August 26 » The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
August 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.
September 17 » The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe.
December 15 » American Revolutionary War: British and French fleets clash in the Battle of St. Lucia.
Day of death March 7, 1863
The temperature on March 7, 1863 was about 7.2 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
January 8 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield.
January 26 » American Civil War: General Ambrose Burnside is relieved of command of the Army of the Potomac after the disastrous Fredericksburg campaign. He is replaced by Joseph Hooker.
June 20 » American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.
October 29 » Eighteen countries meet in Geneva and agree to form the International Red Cross.
November 27 » American Civil War: Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio Penitentiary and return safely to the South.
December 16 » American Civil War: Joseph E. Johnston replaces Braxton Bragg as commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee.
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