The temperature on September 18, 1776 was about 14.0 °C. There was 136 mm of rainWind direction mainly north. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
May 19 » American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.
June 7 » Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion is seconded by John Adams and will lead to the United States Declaration of Independence.
June 11 » The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
June 12 » The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
June 15 » Delaware Separation Day: Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
August 2 » The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
Day of death January 12, 1793
The temperature on January 12, 1793 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
May 23 » Battle of Famars during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
August 8 » The insurrection of Lyon occurs during the French Revolution.
August 10 » The Musée du Louvre is officially opened in Paris, France.
October 12 » The cornerstone of Old East, the oldest state university building in the United States, is laid at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
December 9 » New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.
December 18 » Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French Royalists to Lord Samuel Hood; renamed HMSLutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck.
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