The temperature on November 8, 1793 was about -1.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south east. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
February 1 » French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
July 9 » The Act Against Slavery in Upper Canada bans the importation of slaves and will free those who are born into slavery after the passage of the Act at 25 years of age.
October 13 » French Revolutionary Wars: Austro-Prussian victory over Republican France at the First Battle of Wissembourg.
November 3 » French playwright, journalist and feminist Olympe de Gouges is guillotined.
December 9 » New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.
December 18 » Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French Royalists to Lord Samuel Hood; renamed HMSLutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck.
Christening day December 8, 1793
The temperature on December 8, 1793 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
February 1 » French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
August 16 » French Revolution: A levée en masse is decreed by the National Convention.
September 8 » French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote.
September 18 » The first cornerstone of the United States Capitol is laid by George Washington.
December 9 » New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.
December 26 » Second Battle of Wissembourg: France defeats Austria.
Day of death March 9, 1871
The temperature on March 9, 1871 was about 5.5 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 45 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. Source: KNMI
From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
January 3 » In the Battle of Bapaume, an engagement in the Franco-Prussian War, General Louis Faidherbe's forces bring about a Prussian retreat.
January 28 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice.
May 21 » Opening of the first rack railway in Europe, the Rigi Bahnen on Mount Rigi.
July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
July 30 » The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
November 10 » Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?".
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