Emigranten » Johannes Wijnen (1792-1871)

Christening day August 30, 1792

• The temperature on August 30, 1792 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken weerlicht. Source: KNMI
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1792: Source: Wikipedia
  • June 4 » Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
  • September 20 » French troops stop an allied invasion of France at the Battle of Valmy.
  • September 21 » French Revolution: The National Convention abolishes the monarchy.
  • September 22 » Primidi Vendémiaire of year one of the French Republican Calendar as the French First Republic comes into being.
  • October 3 » A militia departs from the Spanish stronghold of Valdivia to quell a Huilliche uprising in southern Chile.
  • October 13 » In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.

Day of marriage August 14, 1824

• The temperature on August 14, 1824 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: half bewolkt regen. 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
  • 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.
  • May 10 » The National Gallery in London opens to the public.
  • October 4 » Mexico adopts a new constitution and becomes a federal republic.
  • October 9 » Slavery in Latin America: Slavery is abolished in Costa Rica.
  • October 21 » Portland cement is patented.
  • 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 25, 1871

• The temperature on October 25, 1871 was about 4.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
• In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 28 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice.
  • April 1 » The 3rd Duke of Buckingham opened the Brill Tramway, a short railway line to transport goods between his lands and the national rail network.
  • May 21 » French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week", some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.
  • July 30 » The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
  • December 24 » The opera Aida premieres in Cairo, Egypt.
  • December 26 » Thespis, the first Gilbert and Sullivan collaboration, debuts. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years and the score has been lost.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1833 » Abbas Mirza, Persian prince (b. 1789)
• 1852 » John C. Clark, American lawyer and politician (b. 1793)
• 1889 » Émile Augier, French playwright (b. 1820)
• 1895 » Charles Hallé, German-English pianist and conductor (b. 1819)
• 1902 » Frank Norris, American journalist and novelist (b. 1870)
• 1910 » Willie Anderson, Scottish-American golfer (b. 1878)