The temperature on October 6, 1792 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. Source: KNMI
March 16 » King Gustav III of Sweden is shot; he dies on March 29.
April 2 » The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.
April 28 » France invades the Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium and Luxembourg), beginning the French Revolutionary Wars.
August 10 » French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace: Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody as his Swiss Guards are massacred by the Parisian mob.
September 11 » The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house where they are stored.
October 3 » A militia departs from the Spanish stronghold of Valdivia to quell a Huilliche uprising in southern Chile.
Christening day November 4, 1792
The temperature on November 4, 1792 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
March 16 » King Gustav III of Sweden is shot; he dies on March 29.
April 2 » The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.
April 28 » France invades the Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium and Luxembourg), beginning the French Revolutionary Wars.
May 15 » War of the First Coalition: France declares war on Kingdom of Sardinia.
August 16 » Maximilien de Robespierre presents the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a revolutionary tribunal.
October 13 » In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.
Day of marriage February 29, 1812
The temperature on February 29, 1812 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 6 » British forces under the command of the Duke of Wellington assault the fortress of Badajoz. This would be the turning point in the Peninsular War against Napoleon-led France.
September 13 » War of 1812: A supply wagon sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.
September 14 » Napoleonic Wars: The French Grande Armée enters Moscow. The Fire of Moscow begins as soon as Russian troops leave the city.
October 24 » Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow.
December 17 » War of 1812: U.S. forces attack a Lenape village in the Battle of the Mississinewa.
December 29 » USSConstitution, under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures HMSJava off the coast of Brazil after a three-hour battle.
Day of death November 2, 1870
The temperature on November 2, 1870 was about 8.3 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. 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).
February 15 » Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, USA and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering.
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 30 » Texas is readmitted to the United States Congress following Reconstruction.
August 16 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.
December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.
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