The temperature on May 13, 1748 was about 13.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: regen omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
April 13 » American Revolutionary War: American forces are ambushed and defeated in the Battle of Bound Brook, New Jersey.
September 3 » American Revolutionary War: During the Battle of Cooch's Bridge, the Flag of the United States is flown in battle for the first time.
October 22 » American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank.
November 15 » American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of debate the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation.
December 18 » The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking the recent victory by the American rebels over British General John Burgoyne at Saratoga in October.
December 19 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
Day of death May 27, 1784
The temperature on May 27, 1784 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 14 » American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States - Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain.
March 11 » The signing of the Treaty of Mangalore brings the Second Anglo-Mysore War to an end.
April 9 » The Treaty of Paris, ratified by the United States Congress on January 14, 1784, is ratified by King George III of the Kingdom of Great Britain, ending the American Revolutionary War. Copies of the ratified documents are exchanged on May 12, 1784.
June 4 » Élisabeth Thible becomes the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon. Her flight covers four kilometres in 45 minutes, and reached 1,500 metres altitude (estimated).
August 17 » Classical composer Luigi Boccherini receives a pay rise of 12000 reals from his employer, the Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón.
October 22 » Russia founds a colony on Kodiak Island, Alaska.
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