January 21 » The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth by William Hill Brown, is printed in Boston.
June 17 » In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly.
June 20 » Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
October 5 » French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority.
November 20 » New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
November 21 » North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.
Day of death June 15, 1869
The temperature on June 15, 1869 was about 16.6 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. 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).
March 6 » Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
May 15 » Women's suffrage: In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.
July 25 » The Japanese daimyōs begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869).
October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.
October 16 » Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.
November 22 » In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched
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