Genealogy - W. Bosma » Ooldert Jans Simens (1792-1861)

Christening day December 2, 1792

• The temperature on December 2, 1792 was about 0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: helder. 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 1792: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 25 » The London Corresponding Society is founded.
  • April 21 » Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered.
  • August 10 » French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace: Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody as his Swiss Guards are massacred by the Parisian mob.
  • September 22 » Primidi Vendémiaire of year one of the French Republican Calendar as the French First Republic comes into being.
  • October 12 » The first celebration of Columbus Day is held in New York City.
  • December 11 » French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.

Day of marriage September 15, 1813

• The temperature on September 15, 1813 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. 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).
• In the year 1813: Source: Wikipedia
  • June 22 » War of 1812: After learning of American plans for a surprise attack on Beaver Dams in Ontario, Laura Secord sets out on a 30 kilometer journey on foot to warn Lieutenant James FitzGibbon.
  • July 5 » War of 1812: Three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York commence.
  • August 27 » French Emperor Napoleon I defeats a larger force of Austrians, Russians, and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden.
  • August 30 » Creek War: Fort Mims massacre: Creek "Red Sticks" kill over 500 settlers (including over 250 armed militia) in Fort Mims, north of Mobile, Alabama.
  • October 8 » The Treaty of Ried is signed between Bavaria and Austria.
  • October 19 » War of the Sixth Coalition: Napoleon is forced to retreat from Germany after the Battle of Leipzig.

Day of death September 19, 1861

• The temperature on September 19, 1861 was about 17.0 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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 February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
• 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 year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Liberal forces supporting Benito Juárez enter Mexico City.
  • January 9 » American Civil War: "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina.
  • January 26 » American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.
  • March 20 » An earthquake destroys Mendoza, Argentina.
  • April 17 » The state of Virginia's secession convention votes to secede from the United States, later becoming the eighth state to join the Confederate States of America.
  • December 21 » Medal of Honor: Public Resolution 82, containing a provision for a Navy Medal of Valor, is signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1843 » Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1792)
• 1863 » Hans Christian Heg, Norwegian-American colonel and politician (b. 1829)
• 1868 » William Sprague, American minister and politician (b. 1809)
• 1873 » Robert Mackenzie, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Queensland (b. 1811)
• 1881 » James A. Garfield, American general, lawyer, and politician, and the 20th President of the United States (b. 1831)
• 1893 » Alexander Tilloch Galt, English-Canadian politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Finance (b. 1817)