The temperature on December 24, 1758 was about 7.0 °C. There was 88 mm of rainWind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: regen betrokken. Source: KNMI
June 12 » French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg: James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, commences.
July 8 » French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British at Ticonderoga, New York.
August 25 » Seven Years' War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.
September 11 » Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years' War.
November 25 » French and Indian War: British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control. Later, Fort Pitt will be built nearby and grow into modern Pittsburgh.
December 13 » The English transport ship Duke William sinks in the North Atlantic, killing over 360 people.
Day of marriage April 21, 1792
The temperature on April 21, 1792 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 9 » Treaty of Jassy between Russian and Ottoman Empire is signed.
April 21 » Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered.
May 17 » The New York Stock Exchange is formed under the Buttonwood Agreement.
July 25 » The Brunswick Manifesto is issued to the population of Paris promising vengeance if the French royal family is harmed.
August 16 » Maximilien de Robespierre presents the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a revolutionary tribunal.
December 11 » French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.
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