Genealogy Sevinga » Heine Jans DEELSTRA (1788-1862)

Christening day May 11, 1788

• The temperature on May 11, 1788 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1788: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 1 » First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published.
  • January 9 » Connecticut becomes the fifth state to ratify the Constitution.
  • March 6 » The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
  • June 11 » Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska.
  • June 21 » New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
  • July 25 » Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his Symphony No. 40 in G minor (K550).

Day of marriage August 27, 1809

• The temperature on August 27, 1809 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: bui helder. 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).
• In the year 1809: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 21 » Two Austrian army corps are driven from Landshut by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon as two French corps to the north hold off the main Austrian army on the first day of the Battle of Eckmühl.
  • May 5 » Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread.
  • July 5 » The largest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, the Battle of Wagram is fought between the French and Austrian Empires.
  • August 10 » Quito, now the capital of Ecuador, declares independence from Spain. This rebellion will be crushed on August 2, 1810.
  • September 17 » Peace between Sweden and Russia in the Finnish War; the territory that will become Finland is ceded to Russia by the Treaty of Fredrikshamn.
  • November 18 » In a naval action during the Napoleonic Wars, French frigates defeat British East Indiamen in the Bay of Bengal.

Day of death July 9, 1862

• The temperature on July 9, 1862 was about 19.1 °C. The air pressure was 3.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • March 23 » American Civil War: The First Battle of Kernstown, Virginia, marks the start of Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign. Although a Confederate defeat, the engagement distracts Federal efforts to capture Richmond.
  • March 28 » American Civil War: In the Battle of Glorieta Pass, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of the New Mexico Territory. The battle began on March 26.
  • April 7 » American Civil War: The Union's Army of the Tennessee and the Army of the Ohio defeat the Confederate Army of Mississippi near Shiloh, Tennessee.
  • August 19 » American Indian Wars: During an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, killing white settlers along the way.
  • September 13 » American Civil War: Union soldiers find a copy of Robert E. Lee's battle plans in a field outside Frederick, Maryland. It is the prelude to the Battle of Antietam.
  • November 5 » American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1850 » Báb, Persian religious leader, founded Bábism (b. 1819)
• 1850 » Zachary Taylor, American general and politician, 12th President of the United States (b. 1784)
• 1852 » Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, American lawyer and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1794)
• 1856 » Amedeo Avogadro, Italian chemist and academic (b. 1776)
• 1856 » James Strang, American religious leader and politician (b. 1813)
• 1880 » Paul Broca, French physician and anatomist (b. 1824)