January 11 » The first American life insurance company, the Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of the Presbyterian Ministers (now part of Unum Group), is incorporated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
January 15 » The British Museum opens to the public.
August 1 » Seven Years' War: The Battle of Minden, an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French. In Britain this was one of a number of events that constituted the Annus Mirabilis of 1759 and is celebrated as Minden Day by certain British Army regiments.
September 13 » Battle of the Plains of Abraham: the British defeat the French near Quebec City in the Seven Years' War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War.
September 18 » French and Indian War: The Articles of Capitulation of Quebec are signed.
November 25 » An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000.
Day of marriage November 20, 1789
The temperature on November 20, 1789 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 30 » Tây Sơn forces emerge victorious against Qing armies and liberate the capital Thăng Long.
April 30 » On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.
July 14 » French Revolution: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille.
September 25 » The United States Congress passes twelve constitutional amendments: the ten known as the Bill of Rights, the (unratified) Congressional Apportionment Amendment, and the Congressional Compensation Amendment.
October 6 » French Revolution: King Louis XVI is forced to change his residence from Versailles to the Tuileries Palace.
November 21 » North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.
Day of death June 6, 1791
The temperature on June 6, 1791 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
July 17 » Members of the French National Guard under the command of General Lafayette open fire on a crowd of radical Jacobins at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution, killing scores of people.
August 4 » The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.
August 14 » Slaves from plantations in Saint-Domingue hold a Vodou ceremony led by houngan Dutty Boukman at Bois Caïman, marking the start of the Haitian Revolution.
August 21 » A Vodou ceremony, led by Dutty Boukman, turns into a violent slave rebellion, beginning the Haitian Revolution.
September 14 » The Papal States lose Avignon to Revolutionary France.
November 9 » Foundation of the Dublin Society of United Irishmen.
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