The temperature on April 15, 1767 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: droog. Source: KNMI
June 17 » Samuel Wallis, a British sea captain, sights Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island.
July 3 » Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded and the first edition is published.
July 3 » Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret.
August 26 » Jesuits all over Chile are arrested as the Spanish Empire suppresses the Society of Jesus.
October 11 » Surveying for the Mason–Dixon line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania is completed.
Day of marriage July 24, 1791
The temperature on July 24, 1791 was about 11.0 °C. There was 220 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
January 25 » The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
August 14 » Slaves from plantations in Saint-Domingue hold a Vodou ceremony led by houngan Dutty Boukman at Bois Caïman, marking the start of the Haitian Revolution.
August 26 » John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
September 9 » Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.
September 27 » The National Assembly votes to award full citizenship to Jews in France.
October 1 » First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
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