April 25 » Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine.
May 11 » Robert Gray commands the first expedition to sail into the Columbia River.
May 15 » War of the First Coalition: France declares war on Kingdom of Sardinia.
May 17 » The New York Stock Exchange is formed under the Buttonwood Agreement.
September 20 » French troops stop an allied invasion of France at the Battle of Valmy.
October 13 » In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.
Christening day March 4, 1792
The temperature on March 4, 1792 was about 5.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
January 9 » Treaty of Jassy between Russian and Ottoman Empire is signed.
April 25 » "La Marseillaise" (the French national anthem) is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.
April 28 » France invades the Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium and Luxembourg), beginning the French Revolutionary Wars.
May 21 » A lava dome collapses on Mount Unzen, near the city of Shimbara on the Japanese island of Kyūshū, creating a deadly tsunami that kills nearly 15,000 people.
June 4 » Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
September 21 » French Revolution: The National Convention abolishes the monarchy.
Day of marriage October 1, 1812
The temperature on October 1, 1812 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. 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).
February 7 » The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid, Missouri.
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.
May 16 » Imperial Russia signs the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the Russo-Turkish War. The Ottoman Empire cedes Bessarabia to Russia.
September 15 » War of 1812: A second supply train sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.
October 19 » The French invasion of Russia fails when Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow.
November 3 » Napoleon's armies are defeated at the Battle of Vyazma.
Day of death October 26, 1873
The temperature on October 26, 1873 was about 10.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. Source: KNMI
From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
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