The temperature on January 19, 1759 was about 7.0 °C. There was 29 mm of rainWind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: regen betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The British Museum opens to the public.
May 1 » Josiah Wedgwood founds the Wedgwood pottery company in Great Britain.
July 25 » French and Indian War: In Western New York, British forces capture Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé.
August 1 » Seven Years' War: The Battle of Minden, an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French. In Britain this was one of a number of events that constituted the Annus Mirabilis of 1759 and is celebrated as Minden Day by certain British Army regiments.
September 18 » French and Indian War: The Articles of Capitulation of Quebec are signed.
November 25 » An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000.
Day of marriage May 12, 1793
The temperature on May 12, 1793 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
January 13 » Nicolas Jean Hugon de Bassville, representative of Revolutionary France, lynched by a mob in Rome
May 23 » Battle of Famars during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
June 10 » The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris. A year later, it becomes the first public zoo.
July 9 » The Act Against Slavery in Upper Canada bans the importation of slaves and will free those who are born into slavery after the passage of the Act at 25 years of age.
October 15 » Queen Marie Antoinette of France is tried and convicted, and condemned to death the following day.
December 9 » New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.
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