The temperature on November 7, 1789 was about 4.0 °C. There was 92 mm of rainWind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 21 » The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth by William Hill Brown, is printed in Boston.
April 7 » Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
April 20 » George Washington arrives at Grays Ferry, Philadelphia while en route to Manhattan for his inauguration.
July 14 » French Revolution: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille.
September 29 » The 1st United States Congress adjourns.
September 29 » The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
Christening day December 19, 1789
The temperature on December 19, 1789 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. Source: KNMI
April 1 » In New York City, the United States House of Representatives achieves its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first Speaker.
June 20 » Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
August 4 » France: Members of the National Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and abandon their privileges.
September 2 » The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
October 3 » George Washington proclaims a Thanksgiving Day for that year.
November 21 » North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.
Day of marriage February 6, 1814
The temperature on February 6, 1814 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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).
March 21 » Napoleonic Wars: Austrian forces repel French troops in the Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube.
March 28 » War of 1812: In the Battle of Valparaíso, two American naval vessels are captured by two Royal Navy vessels of equal strength.
May 17 » Occupation of Monaco changes from French to Austrian.
August 13 » The Convention of London, a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Provinces, is signed in London, England.
August 26 » Chilean War of Independence: Infighting between the rebel forces of José Miguel Carrera and Bernardo O'Higgins erupts in the Battle of Las Tres Acequias.
October 17 » Eight people die in the London Beer Flood.
Day of death June 6, 1869
The temperature on June 6, 1869 was about 23.2 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west by south. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. 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).
April 28 » Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
August 2 » Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
October 16 » Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.
December 7 » American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.
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