January 13 » Nicolas Jean Hugon de Bassville, representative of Revolutionary France, lynched by a mob in Rome
January 21 » After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
June 10 » French Revolution: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.
September 5 » French Revolution: The French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.
September 18 » The first cornerstone of the United States Capitol is laid by George Washington.
October 13 » French Revolutionary Wars: Austro-Prussian victory over Republican France at the First Battle of Wissembourg.
Day of death January 24, 1869
The temperature on January 24, 1869 was about -1.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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).
February 5 » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
March 6 » Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
May 10 » The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah with the golden spike.
July 10 » Gävle, Sweden, is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless.
October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.
November 22 » In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched
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