March 29 » King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.
April 5 » United States President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
April 25 » Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine.
June 1 » Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States.
September 22 » Primidi Vendémiaire of year one of the French Republican Calendar as the French First Republic comes into being.
October 13 » In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.
Christening day January 8, 1792
The temperature on January 8, 1792 was about -1 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
February 20 » The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington.
August 10 » French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace: Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody as his Swiss Guards are massacred by the Parisian mob.
September 21 » French Revolution: The National Convention abolishes the monarchy.
October 3 » A militia departs from the Spanish stronghold of Valdivia to quell a Huilliche uprising in southern Chile.
October 13 » In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.
December 11 » French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.
Day of death November 16, 1878
The temperature on November 16, 1878 was about 4.6 °C. There was 13 mm of rain. The air pressure was 36 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
January 16 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Battle of Philippopolis: Captain Aleksandr Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule.
February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.
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