The temperature on May 24, 1779 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. Source: KNMI
February 14 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Kettle Creek is fought in Georgia.
February 14 » James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
June 24 » American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
July 16 » American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point.
August 13 » American Revolutionary War: The Royal Navy defeats the Penobscot Expedition with the most significant loss of United States naval forces prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.
Day of death July 1, 1862
The temperature on July 1, 1862 was about 13.8 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
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.
February 16 » American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
July 23 » American Civil War: Henry Halleck takes command of the Union Army.
August 5 » American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge: Along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops attempt to take the city, but are driven back by fire from Union gunboats.
September 2 » American Civil War: United States President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B. McClellan to full command after General John Pope's disastrous defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
November 7 » American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside was assigned to command the Army of the Potomac in Antietam, Maryland. After Union General George B. McClellan refused to pursue Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia after their retreat from the Battle of Antietam.
November 9 » American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac, after George B. McClellan is removed.
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