March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
May 13 » War of the Bavarian Succession: Russian and French mediators at the Congress of Teschen negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement Austria receives the part of its territory that was taken from it (the Innviertel).
June 1 » The court-martial for malfeasance of Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, begins.
July 6 » Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
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.
September 28 » American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.
Day of death May 5, 1866
The temperature on May 5, 1866 was about 14.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 10, 1866 to June 1, 1866 the cabinet Fransen van de Putte, with I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal) as prime minister.
From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
January 18 » Wesley College is established in Melbourne, Australia.
April 10 » The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh.
May 16 » The United States Congress establishes the nickel.
May 22 » Oliver Winchester founded the Winchester Repeating Arms
July 27 » The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart's Content, Newfoundland.
August 23 » Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague.
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