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Day of marriage February 11, 1857

• The temperature on February 11, 1857 was about 7.1 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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 July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
• In the year 1857: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
  • March 6 » The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case.
  • March 23 » Elisha Otis's first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway New York City.
  • June 1 » Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal is published.
  • July 18 » Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall's war against the French.
  • July 27 » Indian Rebellion: Sixty-eight men hold out for eight days against a force of 2,500 to 3,000 mutinying sepoys and 8,000 irregular forces.
  • September 11 » The Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah.

Day of death September 23, 1879

• The temperature on September 23, 1879 was about 13.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • February 8 » The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked in a riot during a match in Sydney.
  • February 15 » Women's rights: US President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
  • April 23 » Fire burns down the second main building and dome of the University of Notre Dame, which prompts the construction of the third, and current, Main Building with its golden dome.
  • July 4 » Anglo-Zulu War: The Zululand capital of Ulundi is captured by British troops and burned to the ground, ending the war and forcing King Cetshwayo to flee.
  • August 28 » Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
  • September 18 » The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1870 » Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1786)
• 1873 » Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (b. 1823)
• 1877 » Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1811)
• 1889 » Wilkie Collins, English novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1824)
• 1900 » William Marsh Rice, American businessman, founded Rice University (b. 1816)