April 7 » Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
April 28 » Mutiny on the Bounty: Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island.
May 5 » In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
June 20 » Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
July 14 » Alexander Mackenzie finally completes his journey to the mouth of the great river he hoped would take him to the Pacific, but which turns out to flow into the Arctic Ocean. Later named after him, the Mackenzie is the second-longest river system in North America.
August 4 » France: Members of the National Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and abandon their privileges.
Christening day April 12, 1789
The temperature on April 12, 1789 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer half bewolkt regen sneeuw. Source: KNMI
April 20 » George Washington arrives at Grays Ferry, Philadelphia while en route to Manhattan for his inauguration.
May 5 » In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
July 14 » French Revolution: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille.
August 28 » William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.
September 11 » Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
October 5 » French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority.
Day of marriage May 27, 1820
The temperature on May 27, 1820 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent betrokken regen winderig. 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 4 » The Chilean Navy under the command of Lord Cochrane completes the two-day long Capture of Valdivia with just 300 men and two ships.
February 6 » The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society depart New York to start a settlement in present-day Liberia.
February 23 » Cato Street Conspiracy: A plot to murder all the British cabinet ministers is exposed.
March 3 » The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise.
May 1 » Execution of the Cato Street Conspirators, who plotted to kill the British Cabinet and Prime Minister Lord Liverpool.
October 9 » Guayaquil declares independence from Spain.
Day of death April 11, 1880
The temperature on April 11, 1880 was about 9.9 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 45%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
February 13 » Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission.
May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
June 28 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
June 29 » France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".
July 27 » Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
September 16 » The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the United States' oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
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