February 20 » The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington.
April 5 » United States President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
May 21 » A lava dome collapses on Mount Unzen, near the city of Shimbara on the Japanese island of Kyūshū, creating a deadly tsunami that kills nearly 15,000 people.
July 25 » The Brunswick Manifesto is issued to the population of Paris promising vengeance if the French royal family is harmed.
October 3 » A militia departs from the Spanish stronghold of Valdivia to quell a Huilliche uprising in southern Chile.
October 13 » In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.
Christening day April 1, 1792
The temperature on April 1, 1792 was about 11.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 25 » The London Corresponding Society is founded.
April 25 » "La Marseillaise" (the French national anthem) is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.
April 28 » France invades the Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium and Luxembourg), beginning the French Revolutionary Wars.
June 1 » Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States.
June 4 » Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
September 20 » French troops stop an allied invasion of France at the Battle of Valmy.
Day of marriage June 30, 1819
The temperature on June 30, 1819 was about 14.0 °C. There was 334 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: . 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 29 » Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore.
February 6 » Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Singapore.
February 19 » British explorer William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands and claims them in the name of King George III.
February 22 » By the Adams–Onís Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars.
May 25 » The Argentine Constitution of 1819 is promulgated.
August 7 » Simón Bolívar triumphs over Spain in the Battle of Boyacá.
Day of death April 24, 1872
The temperature on April 24, 1872 was about 15.0 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 54%. 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).
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