The temperature on January 14, 1793 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. Source: KNMI
July 22 » Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental crossing of North America.
August 10 » The Musée du Louvre is officially opened in Paris, France.
August 27 » French Revolutionary Wars: The city of Toulon revolts against the French Republic and admits the British and Spanish fleets to seize its port, leading to the Siege of Toulon by French Revolutionary forces.
October 13 » French Revolutionary Wars: Austro-Prussian victory over Republican France at the First Battle of Wissembourg.
October 16 » War of the First Coalition: French victory at the Battle of Wattignies forces Austria to raise the siege of Maubeuge.
Christening day January 20, 1793
The temperature on January 20, 1793 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
June 24 » The French Constitution of 1793 is formally adopted, although it is effectively suspended by the Committee of Public Safety.
July 9 » The Act Against Slavery in Upper Canada bans the importation of slaves and will free those who are born into slavery after the passage of the Act at 25 years of age.
September 8 » French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote.
October 15 » Queen Marie Antoinette of France is tried and convicted, and condemned to death the following day.
November 3 » French playwright, journalist and feminist Olympe de Gouges is guillotined.
November 16 » French Revolution: Ninety dissident Roman Catholic priests are executed by drowning at Nantes.
Day of death March 4, 1881
The temperature on March 4, 1881 was about -0.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
February 16 » The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa (44th Vic., c.1).
February 27 » First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.
April 11 » Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.
May 10 » Carol I is crowned the King of the Romanian Kingdom.
July 1 » The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.
October 13 » First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends.
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