Emigranten » Gerritje Gerritse (1792-1868)

Christening day December 2, 1792

• The temperature on December 2, 1792 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: helder. 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
  • March 16 » King Gustav III of Sweden is shot; he dies on March 29.
  • March 29 » King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.
  • April 20 » France declares war against the "King of Hungary and Bohemia", the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars.
  • May 15 » War of the First Coalition: France declares war on Kingdom of Sardinia.
  • August 16 » Maximilien de Robespierre presents the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a revolutionary tribunal.
  • October 3 » A militia departs from the Spanish stronghold of Valdivia to quell a Huilliche uprising in southern Chile.

Day of marriage July 20, 1822

• The temperature on July 20, 1822 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 1822: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 14 » Greek War of Independence: Acrocorinth is captured by Theodoros Kolokotronis and Demetrios Ypsilantis.
  • January 15 » Greek War of Independence: Demetrios Ypsilantis is elected president of the legislative assembly.
  • May 26 » One hundred sixteen people die in the Grue Church fire, the biggest fire disaster in Norway's history.
  • September 7 » Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal on the shores of the Ipiranga Brook in São Paulo.
  • November 16 » American Old West: Missouri trader William Becknell arrives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, over a route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail.
  • December 1 » Peter I is crowned Emperor of Brazil.

Day of death January 4, 1868

• The temperature on January 4, 1868 was about -3.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
• 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 year 1868: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • April 11 » Former shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.
  • May 16 » The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote.
  • June 1 » The Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed, allowing the Navajo to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.
  • July 28 » The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
  • November 3 » John Willis Menard (R-Louisiana) was the first African American elected to the United States Congress. Because of an electoral challenge, he was never seated.
  • December 25 » Pardons for ex-Confederates: United States President Andrew Johnson grants an unconditional pardon to all Confederate veterans.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1863 » Roger Hanson, American general (b. 1827)
• 1874 » Thomas Gregson, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798)
• 1877 » Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1794)
• 1880 » Anselm Feuerbach, German painter and educator (b. 1829)
• 1880 » Edward William Cooke, English painter and illustrator (b. 1811)
• 1882 » John William Draper, English-American physician, chemist, and photographer (b. 1811)