The temperature on May 28, 1759 was about 12.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
January 11 » The first American life insurance company, the Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of the Presbyterian Ministers (now part of Unum Group), is incorporated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
January 15 » The British Museum opens to the public.
July 25 » French and Indian War: In Western New York, British forces capture Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé.
August 19 » Battle of Lagos Naval battle during the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France.
September 13 » Battle of the Plains of Abraham: the British defeat the French near Quebec City in the Seven Years' War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War.
November 25 » An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000.
Day of marriage July 6, 1788
The temperature on July 6, 1788 was about 15.0 °C. There was 70 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 2 » Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
January 19 » The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay.
February 6 » Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
February 9 » The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.
May 23 » South Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution as the eighth American state.
December 22 » Nguyễn Huệ proclaims himself Emperor Quang Trung, in effect abolishing on his own the Lê dynasty.
Day of death February 14, 1821
The temperature on February 14, 1821 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zwaar mist. Source: KNMI
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De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
April 21 » Benderli Ali Pasha arrives in Constantinople as the new Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire; he remains in power for only nine days before being sent into exile.
May 12 » The first major battle of the Greek War of Independence against the Turks is fought in Valtetsi.
August 4 » The Saturday Evening Post is published for the first time as a weekly newspaper.
September 23 » Tripolitsa, Greece, is captured by Greek rebels during the Greek War of Independence.
October 8 » The Peruvian Navy is established during the War of Independence.
December 1 » José Núñez de Cáceres got the independence of the Dominican Republic of Spain and named it the new territory as Republic of Spanish Haiti.
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