The temperature on November 5, 1778 was about 9.0 °C. There was 117 mm of rainWind direction mainly south. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
February 5 » South Carolina becomes the second state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
February 6 » New York became the third state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
February 23 » American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army.
June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The American Continentals engage the British in the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse resulting in standstill and British withdrawal under cover of darkness.
July 10 » American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
August 26 » The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
Day of death February 24, 1863
The temperature on February 24, 1863 was about 5.8 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. Source: KNMI
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.
June 14 » Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War.
June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign.
August 4 » Matica slovenská, Slovakia's public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation, is established in Martin.
August 8 » American Civil War: Following his defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee sends a letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis (which is refused upon receipt).
September 20 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, ends in a Confederate victory.
November 19 » American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication ceremony for the military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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