January 25 » The London Corresponding Society is founded.
April 20 » France declares war against the "King of Hungary and Bohemia", the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars.
May 11 » Robert Gray commands the first expedition to sail into the Columbia River.
May 17 » The New York Stock Exchange is formed under the Buttonwood Agreement.
October 13 » In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.
December 11 » French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.
Day of marriage May 29, 1817
The temperature on May 29, 1817 was about 13.0 °C. There was 48 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. 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).
June 5 » The first Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, is launched.
June 12 » The earliest form of bicycle, the dandy horse, is driven by Karl von Drais.
October 16 » Simón Bolívar sentences Manuel Piar to death for challenging the racial-caste in Venezuela.
October 17 » The tomb of Pharaoh Seti I is discovered.
October 30 » Simón Bolívar becomes President of the Third Republic of Venezuela.
Day of death July 1, 1862
The temperature on July 1, 1862 was about 13.8 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
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.
February 21 » American Civil War: Battle of Valverde is fought near Fort Craig in New Mexico Territory.
March 9 » American Civil War: USSMonitor and CSSVirginia fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.
May 5 » Cinco de Mayo: Troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico.
July 1 » The Russian State Library is founded as the Library of the Moscow Public Museum.
December 26 » Four nuns serving as volunteer nurses on board USSRed Rover are the first female nurses on a U.S. Navy hospital ship.
December 31 » American Civil War: The Battle of Stones River begins near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
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