The temperature on November 22, 1791 was about 5.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 25 » The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
March 2 » Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
March 4 » The Constitutional Act of 1791 is introduced by the British House of Commons in London which envisages the separation of Canada into Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario).
June 21 » King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
August 26 » John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
September 5 » Olympe de Gouges writes the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen.
Christening day November 27, 1791
The temperature on November 27, 1791 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken winderig. Source: KNMI
March 4 » The Constitutional Act of 1791 is introduced by the British House of Commons in London which envisages the separation of Canada into Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario).
June 21 » King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
September 13 » King Louis XVI of France accepts the new constitution.
September 14 » The Papal States lose Avignon to Revolutionary France.
October 1 » First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
November 9 » Foundation of the Dublin Society of United Irishmen.
Day of death January 4, 1861
The temperature on January 4, 1861 was about 1.4 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
January 1 » Liberal forces supporting Benito Juárez enter Mexico City.
January 10 » American Civil War: Florida becomes the third state to secede from the Union.
February 9 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama.
March 30 » Discovery of the chemical elements: Sir William Crookes announces his discovery of thallium.
November 1 » American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as the commander of the Union Army, replacing General Winfield Scott.
November 7 » American Civil War: Battle of Belmont: In Belmont, Missouri, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant overrun a Confederate camp but are forced to retreat when Confederate reinforcements arrive.
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