March 24 » Naturalization of Hieronimus de Salis Parliamentary Act is passed.
Day of marriage May 18, 1755
The temperature on May 18, 1755 was about 8.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rainWind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Moscow University is established on Tatiana Day.
April 2 » Commodore William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
June 16 » French and Indian War: The French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians.
July 9 » The Braddock Expedition is soundly defeated by a smaller French and Native American force in its attempt to capture Fort Duquesne in what is now downtown Pittsburgh.
September 8 » French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.
November 25 » King Ferdinand VI of Spain grants royal protection to the Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus, now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary.
Day of death May 24, 1792
The temperature on May 24, 1792 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
February 20 » The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington.
April 28 » France invades the Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium and Luxembourg), beginning the French Revolutionary Wars.
May 11 » Robert Gray commands the first expedition to sail into the Columbia River.
May 17 » The New York Stock Exchange is formed under the Buttonwood Agreement.
August 16 » Maximilien de Robespierre presents the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a revolutionary tribunal.
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.
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