The temperature on October 9, 1768 was about 14.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw. Source: KNMI
April 4 » In London, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus.
June 21 » James Otis Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.
November 5 » Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the purpose of which is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies.
December 1 » The former slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøya in Norway.
December 10 » The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
December 28 » King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.
Day of marriage September 6, 1821
The temperature on September 6, 1821 was about 18.0 °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).
March 25 » Traditional date of the start of the Greek War of Independence. The war had actually begun on 23 February 1821 (Julian calendar).
May 5 » Emperor Napoleon dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.
May 12 » The first major battle of the Greek War of Independence against the Turks is fought in Valtetsi.
May 26 » Establishment of the Peloponnesian Senate by the Greek rebels.
August 4 » The Saturday Evening Post is published for the first time as a weekly newspaper.
December 1 » José Núñez de Cáceres got the independence of the Dominican Republic of Spain and named it the new territory as Republic of Spanish Haiti.
Day of death October 13, 1863
The temperature on October 13, 1863 was about 17.4 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
June 9 » American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.
August 4 » Matica slovenská, Slovakia's public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation, is established in Martin.
August 8 » American Civil War: Following his defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee sends a letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis (which is refused upon receipt).
October 3 » The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
October 14 » American Civil War: Confederate troops under the command of A. P. Hill fail to drive the Union Army completely out of Virginia.
November 17 » American Civil War: Siege of Knoxville begins: Confederate forces led by General James Longstreet place Knoxville, Tennessee, under siege.
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