Database Van Broekhoven » Cornelia Broekhoven (1790-1864)

Day of marriage September 26, 1824

• The temperature on September 26, 1824 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: betrokken regen en . 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 1824: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 11 » The United States Department of War creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
  • May 7 » World premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Vienna, Austria. The performance is conducted by Michael Umlauf under the composer's supervision.
  • August 6 » Peruvian War of Independence: The Battle of Junín.
  • August 15 » The Marquis de Lafayette, the last surviving French general of the American Revolutionary War, arrives in New York and begins a tour of 24 states.
  • October 9 » Slavery in Latin America: Slavery is abolished in Costa Rica.
  • December 1 » United States presidential election: Since no candidate received a majority of the total electoral college votes in the election, the United States House of Representatives is given the task of deciding the winner in accordance with the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Day of death October 24, 1864

• The temperature on October 24, 1864 was about 9.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 1864: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • May 13 » American Civil War: Battle of Resaca: The battle begins with Union General Sherman fighting toward Atlanta.
  • August 18 » American Civil War: Battle of Globe Tavern: Union forces try to cut a vital Confederate supply-line into Petersburg, Virginia, by attacking the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
  • August 22 » Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention, establishing the rules of protection of the victims of armed conflicts.
  • September 19 » American Civil War: Union troops under Philip Sheridan defeat a Confederate force commanded by Jubal Early. With over 50,000 troops engaged, it was the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley.
  • October 19 » American Civil War: Confederate agents based in Canada rob three banks in Saint Albans, Vermont.
  • November 30 » American Civil War: The Confederate Army of Tennessee suffers heavy losses in an attack on the Union Army of the Ohio in the Battle of Franklin.

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• 1821 » Elias Boudinot, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Continental Congress (b. 1740)
• 1824 » Israel Bissell, American patriot post rider during American Revolutionary War (b. 1752)
• 1852 » Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (b. 1782)
• 1875 » Raffaello Carboni, Italian-Australian author and poet (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter and illustrator (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and photographer (b. 1828)