The temperature on December 9, 1791 was about 3.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 25 » The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
March 4 » The Constitutional Act of 1791 is introduced by the British House of Commons in London which envisages the separation of Canada into Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario).
July 14 » The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England.
August 4 » The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.
August 26 » John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
September 9 » Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.
Christening day January 1, 1792
The temperature on January 1, 1792 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
April 28 » France invades the Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium and Luxembourg), beginning the French Revolutionary Wars.
May 17 » The New York Stock Exchange is formed under the Buttonwood Agreement.
September 20 » French troops stop an allied invasion of France at the Battle of Valmy.
September 21 » French Revolution: The National Convention abolishes the monarchy.
October 13 » In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.
October 29 » Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who sighted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River.
Day of death June 15, 1811
The temperature on June 15, 1811 was about 24.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. 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).
March 1 » Leaders of the Mamluk dynasty are killed by Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali.
March 5 » Peninsular War: A French force under the command of Marshal Victor is routed while trying to prevent an Anglo-Spanish-Portuguese army from lifting the Siege of Cádiz in the Battle of Barrosa.
March 9 » Paraguayan forces defeat Manuel Belgrano at the Battle of Tacuarí.
March 12 » Peninsular War: A day after a successful rearguard action, French Marshal Michel Ney once again successfully delays the pursuing Anglo-Portuguese force at the Battle of Redinha.
July 9 » Explorer David Thompson posts a sign near what is now Sacajawea State Park in Washington state, claiming the Columbia District for the United Kingdom.
December 26 » A theater fire in Richmond, Virginia kills the Governor of Virginia George William Smith and the president of the First National Bank of Virginia Abraham B. Venable.
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