March 2 » Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
May 3 » The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
June 21 » King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
August 30 » HMSPandora sinks after having run aground on the outer Great Barrier Reef the previous day.
September 14 » The Papal States lose Avignon to Revolutionary France.
September 27 » The National Assembly votes to award full citizenship to Jews in France.
Day of marriage January 6, 1816
The temperature on January 6, 1816 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken 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).
April 14 » Bussa, a slave in British-ruled Barbados, leads a slave rebellion and is killed. For this, he is remembered as the first national hero of Barbados.
July 27 » Seminole Wars: The Battle of Negro Fort ends when a hot shot cannonball fired by US Navy Gunboat No. 154 explodes the fort's Powder Magazine, killing approximately 275. It is considered the deadliest single cannon shot in US history.
August 24 » The Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri.
September 5 » Louis XVIII has to dissolve the Chambre introuvable ("Unobtainable Chamber").
September 15 » HMSWhiting runs aground on the Doom Bar.
November 19 » Warsaw University is established.
Day of death October 17, 1876
The temperature on October 17, 1876 was about 20.2 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. Source: KNMI
From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
April 11 » The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
June 25 » Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
August 1 » Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
November 17 » Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Slavonic March" is given its premiere performance in Moscow, Russia.
November 23 » Corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Magear Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain.
December 29 » The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.
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