January 1 » American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
March 4 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
March 17 » American Revolution: The British Army evacuates Boston, ending the Siege of Boston, after George Washington and Henry Knox place artillery in positions overlooking the city.
June 15 » Delaware Separation Day: Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
July 4 » American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
August 31 » William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
Day of death December 14, 1792
The temperature on December 14, 1792 was about 8.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 25 » The London Corresponding Society is founded.
February 20 » The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington.
April 5 » United States President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
June 1 » Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States.
September 2 » During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers.
December 11 » French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.
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