January 30 » Tây Sơn forces emerge victorious against Qing armies and liberate the capital Thăng Long.
June 8 » James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in Congress.
August 7 » The United States Department of War is established.
September 29 » The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
November 26 » A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as proclaimed by President George Washington at the request of Congress.
December 11 » The University of North Carolina is chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly.
Day of death April 12, 1865
The temperature on April 12, 1865 was about 12.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
February 1 » President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
March 2 » East Cape War: The Völkner Incident in New Zealand.
March 25 » American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union.
April 2 » American Civil War: Defeat at the Third Battle of Petersburg forces the Army of Northern Virginia and the Confederate government to abandon Richmond, Virginia.
May 9 » American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest surrenders his forces at Gainesville, Alabama.
May 9 » American Civil War: President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation ending belligerent rights of the rebels and enjoining foreign nations to intern or expel Confederate ships.
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