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.
July 25 » British governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council order the deportation of the Acadians.
August 10 » Under the orders of Charles Lawrence, the British Army begins to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies.
November 1 » In Portugal, Lisbon is totally devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing between 60,000 and 90,000 people.
November 25 » King Ferdinand VI of Spain grants royal protection to the Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus, now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary.
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
January 7 » The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opens.
January 15 » Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris addresses the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
March 8 » Gnadenhutten massacre: Ninety-six Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity, are killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indian tribes.
March 16 » American Revolutionary War: Spanish troops capture the British-held island of Roatán.
June 20 » The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
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 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
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.
January 30 » Tây Sơn forces emerge victorious against Qing armies and liberate the capital Thăng Long.
August 28 » William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.
September 15 » The United States "Department of Foreign Affairs", established by law in July, is renamed the Department of State and given a variety of domestic duties.
October 19 » John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.
November 21 » North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.
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