The temperature on September 23, 1755 was about 14.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly east. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Moscow University is established on Tatiana Day.
April 2 » Commodore William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
June 16 » French and Indian War: The French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians.
July 9 » The Braddock Expedition is soundly defeated by a smaller French and Native American force in its attempt to capture Fort Duquesne in what is now downtown Pittsburgh.
July 25 » British governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council order the deportation of the Acadians.
September 8 » French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.
Day of marriage June 5, 1782
The temperature on June 5, 1782 was about 11.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
February 5 » Spanish defeat British forces and capture Menorca.
March 16 » American Revolutionary War: Spanish troops capture the British-held island of Roatán.
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 19 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks: The last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Charles Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown.
December 14 » The Montgolfier brothers first test fly an unmanned hot air balloon in France; it floats nearly 2km (1.2mi).
Day of death March 30, 1789
The temperature on March 30, 1789 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. Source: KNMI
February 4 » George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
June 20 » Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
July 14 » Alexander Mackenzie finally completes his journey to the mouth of the great river he hoped would take him to the Pacific, but which turns out to flow into the Arctic Ocean. Later named after him, the Mackenzie is the second-longest river system in North America.
July 14 » French Revolution: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille.
September 29 » The 1st United States Congress adjourns.
October 3 » George Washington proclaims a Thanksgiving Day for that year.
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