April 13 » Miyamoto Musashi defeats Sasaki Kojirō at Funajima island.
August 18 » The trial of the Pendle witches, one of England's most famous witch trials, begins at Lancaster Assizes.
August 19 » The "Samlesbury witches", three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury, England, are put on trial, accused of practicing witchcraft, one of the most famous witch trials in British history.
September 8 » The foundation day in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil.
November 1 » During the Time of Troubles, Polish troops are expelled from Moscow's Kitay-gorod by Russian troops under the command of Dmitry Pozharsky (22 October O.S.).
November 29 » The Battle of Swally takes place, which loosens the Portuguese Empire's hold on India.
Day of marriage January 16, 1788
The temperature on January 16, 1788 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 1 » First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published.
January 2 » Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
February 9 » The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.
June 21 » New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
September 13 » The Philadelphia Convention sets the date for the first presidential election in the United States, and New York City becomes the country's temporary capital.
December 22 » Nguyễn Huệ proclaims himself Emperor Quang Trung, in effect abolishing on his own the Lê dynasty.
Day of death March 31, 1792
The temperature on March 31, 1792 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
February 20 » The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington.
April 25 » Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine.
August 13 » King Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.
September 11 » The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house where they are stored.
September 22 » Primidi Vendémiaire of year one of the French Republican Calendar as the French First Republic comes into being.
October 29 » Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who sighted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River.
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