April 7 » Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
April 30 » On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.
May 5 » In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
June 14 » Mutiny on the Bounty: HMSBounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 7,400km (4,600mi) journey in an open boat.
August 7 » The United States Department of War is established.
November 20 » New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
Christening day December 13, 1789
The temperature on December 13, 1789 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
April 1 » In New York City, the United States House of Representatives achieves its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first Speaker.
July 9 » In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.
September 29 » The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
October 3 » George Washington proclaims a Thanksgiving Day for that year.
October 5 » French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority.
November 20 » New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
Day of marriage May 16, 1816
The temperature on May 16, 1816 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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).
April 10 » The Federal government of the United States approves the creation of the Second Bank of the United States.
May 2 » Marriage of Léopold of Saxe-Coburg and Princess Charlotte of Wales.
August 14 » The United Kingdom formally annexes the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, administering the islands from the Cape Colony in South Africa.
August 24 » The Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri.
September 5 » Louis XVIII has to dissolve the Chambre introuvable ("Unobtainable Chamber").
September 15 » HMSWhiting runs aground on the Doom Bar.
Day of death February 20, 1870
The temperature on February 20, 1870 was about 2.5 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. Source: KNMI
From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
January 10 » John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
February 25 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress.
March 16 » The first version of the overture fantasy Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky receives its première performance.
July 19 » Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
August 2 » Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
September 2 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
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