May 31 » The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790.
July 9 » The Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian Baltic fleet.
July 16 » The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act.
July 31 » The first U.S. patent is issued, to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process.
October 22 » Northwest Indian War: Native American forces defeat the United States in the Harmar Campaign.
December 6 » The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia.
Day of death February 12, 1863
The temperature on February 12, 1863 was about 4.2 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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.
May 12 » American Civil War: Battle of Raymond: Two divisions of James B. McPherson's XVII Corps turn the left wing of Confederate General John C. Pemberton's defensive line on Fourteen Mile Creek, opening up the interior of Mississippi to the Union Army during the Vicksburg Campaign.
May 21 » American Civil War: The Union Army succeeds in closing off the last escape route from Port Hudson, Louisiana, in preparation for the coming siege.
June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign.
July 3 » American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge.
November 23 » American Civil War: Battle of Chattanooga begins: Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and counter-attack Confederate troops.
November 26 » United States President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November. Following the Franksgiving controversy from 1939 to 1941, it has been observed on the fourth Thursday in 1942 and subsequent years.
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