February 10 » French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain.
May 9 » The Siege of Fort Detroit begins during Pontiac's War against British forces.
June 2 » Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.
August 5 » Pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run: British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run.
September 1 » Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow.
December 2 » Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what will become the United States.
Day of marriage July 12, 1789
The temperature on July 12, 1789 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
February 4 » George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
July 12 » In response to the dismissal of the French finance minister Jacques Necker, the radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gives a speech which results in the storming of the Bastille two days later.
July 14 » Alexander Mackenzie finally completes his journey to the mouth of the great river he hoped would take him to the Pacific, but which turns out to flow into the Arctic Ocean. Later named after him, the Mackenzie is the second-longest river system in North America.
September 29 » The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
November 26 » A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as proclaimed by President George Washington at the request of Congress.
December 11 » The University of North Carolina is chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly.
Day of death April 27, 1832
The temperature on April 27, 1832 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: nevel half bewolkt winderig. 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).
February 12 » Ecuador annexes the Galápagos Islands.
May 16 » Juan Godoy discovers the rich silver outcrops of Chañarcillo sparking the Chilean silver rush.
June 6 » The June Rebellion in Paris is put down by the National Guard.
July 10 » U.S. President Andrew Jackson vetoes a bill that would re-charter the Second Bank of the United States.
July 19 » The British Medical Association is founded as the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association by Sir Charles Hastings at a meeting in the Board Room of the Worcester Infirmary.
November 21 » Wabash College is founded in Crawfordsville, Indiana.
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