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Day of marriage January 31, 1852

• The temperature on January 31, 1852 was about 2.8 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1852: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
  • February 5 » The New Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, one of the largest and oldest museums in the world, opens to the public.
  • February 14 » Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, is founded in London.
  • March 20 » Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.
  • May 29 » Jenny Lind leaves New York after her two-year American tour.
  • November 4 » Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, becomes the prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy.
  • November 16 » The English astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope.

Day of death August 24, 1907

• The temperature on August 24, 1907 was between 6.1 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • January 29 » Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
  • August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
  • August 31 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Anglo-Russian Convention, by which the UK recognizes Russian preeminence in northern Persia, while Russia recognizes British preeminence in southeastern Persia and Afghanistan. Both powers pledge not to interfere in Tibet.
  • September 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
  • November 9 » The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.
  • November 16 » Cunard Line's RMSMauretania, sister ship of RMSLusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1888 » Rudolf Clausius, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Albert F. Mummery, English mountaineer and author (b. 1855)
• 1923 » Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Tom Norman, English businessman and showman (b. 1860)
• 1932 » Kate M. Gordon, American activist (b. 1861)
• 1939 » Frederick Carl Frieseke, American painter and educator (b. 1874)