The temperature on July 19, 1831 was about 21.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: winderig omtrent betrokken. 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).
April 7 » Emperor Pedro I of Brazil resigns. He goes to his native Portugal to become King Pedro IV.
April 18 » The University of Alabama is founded in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
August 21 » Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, which will claim the lives of 55 to 65 whites and about twice that number of blacks.
October 30 » Nat Turner is arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history.
November 11 » In Jerusalem, Virginia, Nat Turner is hanged after inciting a violent slave uprising.
December 27 » Charles Darwin embarks on his journey aboard HMSBeagle, during which he will begin to formulate his theory of evolution.
Day of death September 3, 1911
The temperature on September 3, 1911 was between 10.6 °C and 26.2 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
July 1 » Germany despatches the gunship SMSPanther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.
July 7 » The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.
August 1 » Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
September 23 » Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department
October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
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