The temperature on May 20, 1774 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw. Source: KNMI
March 31 » American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.
May 10 » Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.
June 2 » Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
September 5 » First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
October 21 » The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".
October 26 » The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.
Christening day February 21, 1779
The temperature on February 21, 1779 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 11 » Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.
February 14 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Kettle Creek is fought in Georgia.
March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
June 1 » The court-martial for malfeasance of Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, begins.
June 16 » Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
September 23 » American Revolution: John Paul Jones, naval commander of the United States, on board the USSBonhomme Richard, wins the Battle of Flamborough Head.
Day of marriage July 15, 1792
The temperature on July 15, 1792 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. 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.
April 20 » France declares war against the "King of Hungary and Bohemia", the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars.
May 17 » The New York Stock Exchange is formed under the Buttonwood Agreement.
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.
August 16 » Maximilien de Robespierre presents the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a revolutionary tribunal.
September 20 » French troops stop an allied invasion of France at the Battle of Valmy.
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