The temperature on October 12, 1766 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: rijp. Source: KNMI
March 5 » Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
May 22 » A large earthquake causes heavy damage and loss of life in Istanbul and the Marmara region.
November 10 » The last colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University).
December 2 » Swedish parliament approved the Swedish Freedom of the Press Act and implemented it as a ground law, thus being first in the world with freedom of speech.
December 5 » In London, auctioneer James Christie holds his first sale.
December 25 » Mapuches in Chile launch a series of surprise attacks against the Spanish starting the Mapuche uprising of 1766.
Day of marriage March 21, 1793
The temperature on March 21, 1793 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
February 1 » French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
March 18 » Flanders Campaign of the French Revolution, Battle of Neerwinden.
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 23 » Kingdom of Prussia re-conquers Mainz from France.
August 10 » The Musée du Louvre is officially opened in Paris, France.
October 15 » Queen Marie Antoinette of France is tried and convicted, and condemned to death the following day.
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