March 4 » In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect. The United States Bill of Rights is written and proposed to Congress.
April 28 » Mutiny on the Bounty: Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island.
May 5 » In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
July 9 » In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.
August 4 » France: Members of the National Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and abandon their privileges.
September 2 » The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
Christening day May 28, 1786
The temperature on May 28, 1786 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
January 16 » Virginia enacts the Statute for Religious Freedom authored by Thomas Jefferson.
June 29 » Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.
August 8 » Mont Blanc on the French-Italian border is climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr. Michel-Gabriel Paccard.
August 29 » Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.
November 30 » The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo I, becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty (later commemorated as Cities for Life Day).
December 4 » Mission Santa Barbara is dedicated (on the feast day of Saint Barbara).
Day of death April 4, 1870
The temperature on April 4, 1870 was about 11.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%. Source: KNMI
From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
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