The temperature on December 25, 1751 was about 5.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: hagel sneeuw betrokken. Source: KNMI
July 6 » Pope Benedict XIV suppresses the Patriarchate of Aquileia and establishes from its territory the Archdiocese of Udine and Gorizia.
December 14 » The Theresian Military Academy is founded in Wiener Neustadt, Austria.
Day of marriage January 9, 1773
The temperature on January 9, 1773 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: donker. Special wheather fenomena: droog. Source: KNMI
January 1 » The hymn that became known as "Amazing Grace", then titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17" is first used to accompany a sermon led by John Newton in the town of Olney, Buckinghamshire, England.
May 10 » The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by reducing taxes on its tea and granting it the right to sell tea directly to North America. The legislation leads to the Boston Tea Party.
June 17 » Cúcuta, Colombia, is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar.
October 12 » America's first insane asylum opens.
October 14 » The first recorded ministry of education, the Commission of National Education, is formed in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
December 16 » American Revolution: Boston Tea Party: Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians dump hundreds of crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.
Day of death April 2, 1793
The temperature on April 2, 1793 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
January 9 » Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States.
March 1 » French Revolutionary War: Battle of Aldenhoven during the Flanders Campaign.
July 13 » Journalist and French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is assassinated in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday, a member of the opposing political faction.
July 22 » Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental crossing of North America.
August 8 » The insurrection of Lyon occurs during the French Revolution.
October 16 » War of the First Coalition: French victory at the Battle of Wattignies forces Austria to raise the siege of Maubeuge.
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