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Christening day October 15, 1854

• The temperature on October 15, 1854 was about 10.6 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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).
• From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
• In the year 1854: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
  • January 4 » The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang.
  • February 24 » A Penny Red with perforations was the first perforated postage stamp to be officially issued for distribution.
  • March 31 » Commodore Matthew Perry signs the Convention of Kanagawa with the Tokugawa Shogunate, opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade.
  • July 6 » In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the United States Republican Party is held.
  • August 4 » The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships.
  • October 9 » Crimean War: The siege of Sevastopol begins.

Day of marriage March 9, 1881

• The temperature on March 9, 1881 was about 8.8 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 20 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 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 1881: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 25 » Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
  • February 16 » The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa (44th Vic., c.1).
  • March 13 » Alexander II of Russia is assassinated.
  • May 21 » The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
  • June 13 » The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
  • November 9 » Mapuche rebels attack the fortified Chilean settlement of Temuco.

Day of death October 15, 1954

• The temperature on October 15, 1954 was between 9.6 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (34%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
  • April 8 » South African Airways Flight 201 A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 crashes into the sea during night killing 21 people.
  • June 9 » Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Army–McCarthy hearings, giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
  • June 27 » The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union's first nuclear power station, opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
  • August 24 » Getúlio Vargas, president of Brazil, commits suicide and is succeeded by João Café Filho.
  • December 2 » The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Taiwan, is signed in Washington, D.C.
  • December 4 » The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1948 » Edythe Chapman, American actress (b. 1863)
• 1955 » Fumio Hayasaka, Japanese composer (b. 1914)
• 1958 » Asaf Halet Çelebi, Turkish poet and author (b. 1907)
• 1958 » Elizabeth Alexander, British geologist, academic, and physicist (b. 1908)
• 1959 » Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1880)
• 1959 » Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian soldier and politician (b. 1909)