Dreyer Tree » Susanna Catharina Magdalena Dreyer b5c1d5e2 (1819-1898)

Day of marriage December 22, 1844

• The temperature on December 22, 1844 was about -4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: helder. 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 1844: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
  • February 27 » The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.
  • March 21 » The Bahá'í calendar begins. This is the first day of the first year of the Bahá'í calendar. It is annually celebrated by members of the Bahá'í Faith as the Bahá'í New Year or Náw-Rúz.
  • March 30 » One of the most important battles of the Dominican War of Independence from Haiti takes place near the city of Santiago de los Caballeros.
  • May 1 » Hong Kong Police Force, the world's second modern police force and Asia's first, is established.
  • May 24 » Samuel Morse sends the message "What hath God wrought" (a biblical quotation, Numbers 23:23) from a committee room in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore, Maryland, to inaugurate a commercial telegraph line between Baltimore and Washington D.C.
  • October 22 » Millerites, followers of Baptist preacher William Miller anticipate the end of the world in conjunction with the Second Advent of Christ. The following day became known as the Great Disappointment.

Day of death April 13, 1898

• The temperature on April 13, 1898 was about 5.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • April 21 » Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
  • April 22 » Spanish–American War: The USSNashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
  • June 12 » Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
  • August 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
  • October 1 » The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
  • October 6 » Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1886 » John Humphrey Noyes, American religious leader, founded the Oneida Community (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Samuel J. Randall, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 33rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1828)
• 1899 » James Service, Scottish-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Victoria (b. 1823)
• 1909 » Whitley Stokes, Anglo-Irish lawyer and scholar (b. 1830)
• 1910 » William Quiller Orchardson, Scottish-English painter and educator (b. 1835)
• 1911 » John McLane, Scottish-American politician, 50th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1852)