March 29 » King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.
April 25 » Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine.
June 4 » Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
July 25 » The Brunswick Manifesto is issued to the population of Paris promising vengeance if the French royal family is harmed.
September 21 » French Revolution: The National Convention abolishes the monarchy.
December 11 » French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.
Christening day September 23, 1792
The temperature on September 23, 1792 was about 14.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
April 25 » "La Marseillaise" (the French national anthem) is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.
May 11 » Robert Gray commands the first expedition to sail into the Columbia River.
June 4 » Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
August 13 » King Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.
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.
September 2 » During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers.
Day of marriage March 7, 1812
The temperature on March 7, 1812 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken 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).
February 27 » Argentine War of Independence: Manuel Belgrano raises the Flag of Argentina in the city of Rosario for the first time.
June 24 » Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon's Grande Armée crosses the Neman river beginning the invasion of Russia.
August 16 » War of 1812: American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit without a fight to the British Army.
August 19 » War of 1812: American frigate USSConstitution defeats the British frigate HMSGuerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada earning the nickname "Old Ironsides".
October 24 » Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow.
November 3 » Napoleon's armies are defeated at the Battle of Vyazma.
Day of death April 5, 1863
The temperature on April 5, 1863 was about 12.1 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%. 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.
April 2 » American Civil War: The largest in a series of Southern bread riots occurs in Richmond, Virginia.
April 16 » American Civil War: During the Vicksburg Campaign, gunboats commanded by acting Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter run downriver past Confederate artillery batteries at Vicksburg.
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 19 » American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication ceremony for the military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
November 23 » American Civil War: Battle of Chattanooga begins: Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and counter-attack Confederate troops.
November 26 » United States President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November. Following the Franksgiving controversy from 1939 to 1941, it has been observed on the fourth Thursday in 1942 and subsequent years.
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