January 8 » Second Jacobite rising: Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling.
April 16 » The Battle of Culloden is fought between the French-supported Jacobites and the British Hanoverian forces commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, in Scotland. After the battle many highland traditions were banned and the Highlands of Scotland were cleared of inhabitants.
June 16 » War of the Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza.
October 22 » The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter.
Day of marriage December 26, 1778
The temperature on December 26, 1778 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
May 12 » Heinrich XI, count of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz, is elevated to Prince by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The American Continentals engage the British in the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse resulting in standstill and British withdrawal under cover of darkness.
July 3 » American Revolutionary War: Iroquois allied to Britain kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
July 4 » American Revolutionary War: U.S. forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign.
August 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.
December 15 » American Revolutionary War: British and French fleets clash in the Battle of St. Lucia.
Day of death March 14, 1821
The temperature on March 14, 1821 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt regen. 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).
May 5 » Emperor Napoleon dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.
June 19 » Decisive defeat of the Filiki Eteria by the Ottomans at Drăgășani (in Wallachia).
July 9 » Four hundred and seventy prominent Cypriots including Archbishop Kyprianos are executed in response to Cypriot aid to the Greek War of Independence.
July 28 » José de San Martín declares the independence of Peru from Spain.
August 4 » The Saturday Evening Post is published for the first time as a weekly newspaper.
October 13 » The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire is publicly proclaimed.
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