January 2 » Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
January 18 » The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from Great Britain to Australia arrive at Botany Bay.
January 26 » The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, sails into Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) to establish Sydney, the first permanent European settlement on Australia. Commemorated as Australia Day.
April 28 » Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution.
May 8 » King Louis XVI of France attempts to impose the reforms of Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne by abolishing the parlements.
June 11 » Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska.
Christening day March 1, 1789
The temperature on March 1, 1789 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw regen. Source: KNMI
April 7 » Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
May 5 » In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
July 10 » Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta.
August 28 » William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.
September 26 » George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State.
October 3 » George Washington proclaims a Thanksgiving Day for that year.
Day of marriage February 9, 1832
The temperature on February 9, 1832 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt mist. 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 16 » Juan Godoy discovers the rich silver outcrops of Chañarcillo sparking the Chilean silver rush.
July 10 » U.S. President Andrew Jackson vetoes a bill that would re-charter the Second Bank of the United States.
August 27 » Black Hawk, leader of the Sauk tribe of Native Americans, surrenders to U.S. authorities, ending the Black Hawk War.
November 24 » South Carolina passes the Ordinance of Nullification, declaring that the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were null and void in the state, beginning the Nullification Crisis.
December 21 » Egyptian–Ottoman War: Egyptian forces decisively defeat Ottoman troops at the Battle of Konya.
December 28 » John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to resign.
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