January 8 » The premiere of George Frideric Handel's Ariodante takes place at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
March 10 » An agreement between Nader Shah and Russia is signed near Ganja, Azerbaijan and Russian troops are withdrawn from occupied territories.
July 11 » Mathematical calculations suggest that it is on this day that dwarf planet Pluto moved inside the orbit of Neptune for the last time before 1979.
August 5 » Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he had published was true.
Day of marriage July 23, 1758
The temperature on July 23, 1758 was about 16.0 °C. There was 24 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
June 12 » French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg: James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, commences.
July 8 » French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British at Ticonderoga, New York.
July 26 » French and Indian War: The Siege of Louisbourg ends with British forces defeating the French and taking control of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
October 14 » Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great suffers a rare defeat at the Battle of Hochkirch.
November 25 » French and Indian War: British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control. Later, Fort Pitt will be built nearby and grow into modern Pittsburgh.
December 13 » The English transport ship Duke William sinks in the North Atlantic, killing over 360 people.
Day of burial December 18, 1796
The temperature on December 18, 1796 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: betrokken mist. 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).
February 29 » The Jay Treaty between the United States and Great Britain comes into force, facilitating ten years of peaceful trade between the two nations.
April 4 » Georges Cuvier delivers the first paleontological lecture.
May 10 » War of the First Coalition: Napoleon wins a victory against Austrian forces at Lodi bridge over the Adda River in Italy. The Austrians lose some 2,000 men.
July 11 » The United States takes possession of Detroit from Great Britain under terms of the Jay Treaty.
August 4 » French Revolutionary Wars: Napoleon leads the French Army of Italy to victory in the Battle of Lonato.
December 31 » The incorporation of Baltimore as a city.
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