March 1 » The first United States census is authorized.
May 31 » Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
May 31 » The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790.
July 16 » The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act.
July 31 » The first U.S. patent is issued, to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process.
December 6 » The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia.
Day of death June 18, 1863
The temperature on June 18, 1863 was about 13.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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.
January 22 » The January Uprising breaks out in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. The aim of the national movement is to regain Polish–Lithuanian–Ruthenian Commonwealth from occupation by Russia.
June 20 » American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.
August 15 » The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863).
September 6 » American Civil War: Confederate forces evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.
October 15 » American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks, killing its inventor.
October 30 » Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes.
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