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).
May 15 » French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance.
June 21 » King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
August 21 » A Vodou ceremony, led by Dutty Boukman, turns into a violent slave rebellion, beginning the Haitian Revolution.
December 4 » The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.
December 15 » The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.
Christening day December 25, 1791
The temperature on December 25, 1791 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
February 18 » Congress passes a law admitting the state of Vermont to the Union, effective 4 March, after that state had existed for 14 years as a de facto independent largely unrecognized state.
August 14 » Slaves from plantations in Saint-Domingue hold a Vodou ceremony led by houngan Dutty Boukman at Bois Caïman, marking the start of the Haitian Revolution.
August 26 » John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
August 30 » HMSPandora sinks after having run aground on the outer Great Barrier Reef the previous day.
September 14 » The Papal States lose Avignon to Revolutionary France.
September 30 » The first performance of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute takes place two months before his death.
Day of marriage July 24, 1813
The temperature on July 24, 1813 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt regen. 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).
May 27 » War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George.
June 1 » Capture of USS Chesapeake.
August 10 » Instituto Nacional, is founded by the Chilean patriot José Miguel Carrera. It is Chile's oldest and most prestigious school. Its motto is Labor Omnia Vincit, which means "Work conquers all things".
October 16 » The Sixth Coalition attacks Napoleon in the three-day Battle of Leipzig.
October 26 » War of 1812: A combined force of British regulars, Canadian militia, and Mohawks defeat the Americans in the Battle of the Chateauguay.
November 11 » War of 1812: Battle of Crysler's Farm: British and Canadian forces defeat a larger American force, causing the Americans to abandon their Saint Lawrence campaign.
Day of death December 14, 1863
The temperature on December 14, 1863 was about 9.4 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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.
January 11 » American Civil War: CSSAlabama encounters and sinks the USSHatteras off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas.
July 7 » The United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.
August 16 » The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country.
September 6 » American Civil War: Confederate forces evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.
September 8 » American Civil War: In the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.
November 27 » American Civil War: Battle of Mine Run: Union forces under General George Meade take up positions against troops led by Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
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