The temperature on October 27, 1788 was about 10.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 1 » First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published.
January 2 » Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
January 18 » The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from Great Britain to Australia arrive at Botany Bay.
March 21 » A fire in New Orleans leaves most of the town in ruins.
April 7 » American pioneers to the Northwest Territory establish Marietta, Ohio as the first permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory.
September 13 » The Philadelphia Convention sets the date for the first presidential election in the United States, and New York City becomes the country's temporary capital.
Day of death July 28, 1792
The temperature on July 28, 1792 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
April 5 » United States President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
April 25 » Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine.
June 1 » Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States.
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.
October 12 » The first celebration of Columbus Day is held in New York City.
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