The temperature on April 2, 1755 was about 12.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Moscow University is established on Tatiana Day.
April 2 » Commodore William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
April 15 » Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.
July 9 » The Braddock Expedition is soundly defeated by a smaller French and Native American force in its attempt to capture Fort Duquesne in what is now downtown Pittsburgh.
August 10 » Under the orders of Charles Lawrence, the British Army begins to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies.
September 8 » French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.
Day of marriage May 7, 1778
The temperature on May 7, 1778 was about 13.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
May 1 » American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
May 12 » Heinrich XI, count of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz, is elevated to Prince by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
July 27 » American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
August 26 » The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
September 19 » The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.
November 11 » Cherry Valley massacre: Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces attack a fort and village in eastern New York during the American Revolutionary War, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers.
Day of death February 13, 1837
The temperature on February 13, 1837 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken winderig 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).
February 8 » Richard Johnson becomes the first Vice President of the United States chosen by the United States Senate.
March 4 » The city of Chicago is incorporated.
May 3 » The University of Athens is founded in Athens, Greece.
July 1 » A system of civil registration of births, marriages and deaths is established in England and Wales.
November 7 » In Alton, Illinois, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy is shot dead by a mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time.
December 17 » A fire in the Winter Palace of Saint Petersburg kills 30 guards.
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