January 30 » Tây Sơn forces emerge victorious against Qing armies and liberate the capital Thăng Long.
April 7 » Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
June 20 » Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
September 15 » The United States "Department of Foreign Affairs", established by law in July, is renamed the Department of State and given a variety of domestic duties.
October 2 » The United States Bill of Rights is sent to the various States for ratification.
November 21 » North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.
Christening day March 29, 1789
The temperature on March 29, 1789 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. Source: KNMI
March 4 » In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect. The United States Bill of Rights is written and proposed to Congress.
April 21 » George Washington's reception at Trenton is hosted by the Ladies of Trenton as he journeys to New York City for his first inauguration.
July 11 » Jacques Necker is dismissed as France's Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille.
July 12 » In response to the dismissal of the French finance minister Jacques Necker, the radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gives a speech which results in the storming of the Bastille two days later.
July 27 » The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
September 29 » The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
Day of death February 27, 1873
The temperature on February 27, 1873 was about 6.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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).
March 3 » Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene literature and articles of immoral use" through the mail.
May 20 » Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
May 23 » The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
June 5 » Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain.
September 1 » Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
October 3 » Chief Kintpuash and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War of northern California.
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