January 26 » The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, sails into Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) to establish Sydney, the first permanent European settlement on Australia. Commemorated as Australia Day.
February 6 » Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
March 21 » A fire in New Orleans leaves most of the town in ruins.
April 28 » Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution.
May 8 » King Louis XVI of France attempts to impose the reforms of Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne by abolishing the parlements.
September 13 » The Philadelphia Convention sets the date for the first presidential election in the United States, and New York City becomes the country's temporary capital.
Day of marriage October 17, 1812
The temperature on October 17, 1812 was about 9.0 °C. There was 92 mm of rainWind direction mainly south. Weather type: half bewolkt regen. Source: KNMI
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De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
May 11 » Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons.
June 4 » Following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S. state, the Louisiana Territory is renamed the Missouri Territory.
July 18 » The Treaties of Orebro end both the Anglo-Russian and Anglo-Swedish Wars.
August 24 » Peninsular War: A coalition of Spanish, British, and Portuguese forces succeed in lifting the two-and-a-half-year-long Siege of Cádiz.
September 13 » War of 1812: A supply wagon sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.
October 24 » Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow.
Day of death May 16, 1860
The temperature on May 16, 1860 was about 12.7 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. Source: KNMI
From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
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).
April 3 » The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins.
April 9 » On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.
May 5 » Giuseppe Garibaldi sets sail from Genoa, leading the expedition of the Thousand to conquer the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and giving birth to the Kingdom of Italy.
August 5 » Charles XV of Sweden of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.
September 7 » Italian unification: Giuseppe Garibaldi enters Naples.
September 21 » Second Opium War: An Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.
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