North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Ancestry.com, Book Title: History and Genealogy of the Family of Thomas Noble, of Westfied, Massachusetts : With Genealogical Notes of Other Families by the Name of Noble / Ancestry.com
January 15 » Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris addresses the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The House of Commons of Great Britain votes against further war in America.
April 9 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of the Saintes begins.
April 19 » John Adams secures the Dutch Republic's recognition of the United States as an independent government. The house which he had purchased in The Hague, Netherlands becomes the first American embassy.
June 10 » King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) is crowned.
August 7 » George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later renamed to the more poetic Purple Heart.
Day of death February 18, 1871
The temperature on February 18, 1871 was about 6.1 °C. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
January 19 » Franco-Prussian War: In the Siege of Paris, Prussia wins the Battle of St. Quentin. Meanwhile, the French attempt to break the siege in the Battle of Buzenval will end unsuccessfully the following day.
February 17 » The victorious Prussian Army parades through Paris, France, after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
March 28 » The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
May 4 » The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
October 8 » The Great Chicago Fire and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire break out.
October 12 » The British in India enact the Criminal Tribes Act, naming many local communities "Criminal Tribes".
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