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Caroline Augusta of Bavaria
1792Feb, 8

Caroline Augusta of Bavaria

Caroline Augusta of Bavaria (d. 1873)
Princess Caroline Augusta of Bavaria (German: Karoline Auguste; Mannheim, 8 February 1792 – 9 February 1873 in Vienna) was Empress of Austria by marriage to Francis I of Austria. She was a daughter of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt. She married Crown Prince William of Württemberg, whom she divorced, and Emperor Francis I of Austria.

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    United States Postal Service

    The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington.
  • 5Apr

    Veto

    United States President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
  • 21Apr

    Hanged, drawn and quartered

    Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered.
  • 28Apr

    French Revolutionary Wars

    France invades the Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium and Luxembourg), beginning the French Revolutionary Wars.
  • 15May

    Kingdom of Sardinia

    War of the First Coalition: France declares war on Kingdom of Sardinia.