The temperature on June 5, 1853 was about 16.7 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. 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.
From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
January 19 » Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore receives its premiere performance in Rome.
March 19 » The Taiping reform movement occupies and makes Nanjing its capital until 1864.
July 8 » The Perry Expedition arrives in Edo Bay with a treaty requesting trade.
July 14 » Opening of the first major US world's fair, the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York City.
September 24 » Admiral Despointes formally takes possession of New Caledonia in the name of France.
December 30 » Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.
Day of marriage April 17, 1873
The temperature on April 17, 1873 was about 22.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 40%. Source: KNMI
From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
March 1 » E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.
April 4 » The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
June 18 » Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
August 30 » Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.
October 3 » Chief Kintpuash and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War of northern California.
Day of death October 26, 1935
The temperature on October 26, 1935 was between 1.8 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
April 8 » The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.
May 6 » New Deal: Under the authority of the newly-enacted Federal Emergency Relief Administration, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issues Executive Order 7034 to create the Works Progress Administration.
July 20 » Switzerland: A Royal Dutch Airlines plane en route from Milan to Frankfurt crashes into a Swiss mountain, killing thirteen.
December 5 » Mary McLeod Bethune founds the National Council of Negro Women in New York City.
December 9 » Student protests in Beiping (now Beijing)'s Tiananmen Square, dispersed by government.
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