The temperature on December 12, 1791 was about 1.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
March 2 » Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
June 21 » King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
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.
September 30 » France's National Constituent Assembly is dissolved, to be replaced the next day by the National Legislative Assembly
October 1 » First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
November 4 » Northwest Indian War: The Western Confederacy of American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash.
Christening day June 17, 1792
The temperature on June 17, 1792 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
January 25 » The London Corresponding Society is founded.
February 20 » The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington.
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 2 » The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.
April 25 » Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine.
September 21 » French Revolution: The National Convention abolishes the monarchy.
Day of marriage May 13, 1810
The temperature on May 13, 1810 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: storm(achtig) omtrent helder nevel. 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 25 » May Revolution: Citizens of Buenos Aires expel Viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros during the "May Week", starting the Argentine War of Independence.
August 21 » Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.
August 26 » The former viceroy Santiago de Liniers of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata is executed after the defeat of his counter-revolution.
August 28 » Battle of Grand Port: The French accept the surrender of a British Navy fleet.
November 17 » Sweden declares war on its ally the United Kingdom to begin the Anglo-Swedish War, although no fighting ever takes place.
November 23 » Sarah Booth debuts at the Royal Opera House.
Day of death August 10, 1865
The temperature on August 10, 1865 was about 18.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 31 » American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, abolishing slavery and submits it to the states for ratification.
April 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Sailor's Creek: Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights and loses its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia during the Appomattox Campaign.
April 10 » American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.
April 13 » American Civil War: Raleigh, North Carolina is occupied by Union Forces.
April 14 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth; Lincoln died the next day.
October 11 » Hundreds of black men and women march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.
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