The temperature on September 13, 1758 was about 15.0 °C. There was 7 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
January 24 » During the Seven Years' War the leading burghers of Königsberg submit to Elizabeth of Russia, thus forming Russian Prussia (until 1763).
February 4 » The city of Macapá in Brazil is founded by Sebastião Veiga Cabral.
April 28 » The Marathas defeat the Afghans in the Battle of Attock and capture the city.
May 21 » Ten-year-old Mary Campbell is abducted in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War. She is returned six and a half years later.
June 23 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Krefeld: British, Hanoverian, and Prussian forces defeat French troops at Krefeld in Germany.
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.
Day of marriage November 25, 1783
The temperature on November 25, 1783 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
February 5 » In Calabria, a sequence of strong earthquakes begins.
April 15 » Preliminary articles of peace ending the American Revolutionary War (or American War of Independence) are ratified.
June 8 » Laki, a volcano in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine.
July 25 » American Revolutionary War: The war's last action, the Siege of Cuddalore, is ended by a preliminary peace agreement.
October 15 » The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon makes the first human ascent, piloted by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier.
December 4 » At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, U.S. General George Washington bids farewell to his officers.
Day of death January 16, 1812
The temperature on January 16, 1812 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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).
July 12 » The American Army of the Northwest briefly occupies the Upper Canadian settlement at what is now at Windsor, Ontario.
September 4 » War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Harrison begins when the fort is set on fire.
September 5 » War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Wayne begins when Chief Winamac's forces attack two soldiers returning from the fort's outhouses.
September 7 » French invasion of Russia: The Battle of Borodino, the bloodiest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, was fought near Moscow and resulted in a French victory.
October 25 » War of 1812: The American frigate, USSUnited States, commanded by Stephen Decatur, captures the British frigate HMSMacedonian.
December 29 » USSConstitution, under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures HMSJava off the coast of Brazil after a three-hour battle.
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