Genealogy John Muijsers » Karel Alexander van Thurn und Taxis (1770-1827)
Personal data Karel Alexander van Thurn und Taxis
Source 1- He was born on February 22, 1770.
- Profession: vorst van Thurn und Taxis.
- He died on July 15, 1827, he was 57 years old.
- A child of Karel Anselm van Thurn und Taxis and Augusta Elisabeth van Württemberg
Household of Karel Alexander van Thurn und Taxis
He is married to Theresia van Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
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Karel Alexander von Thurn und Taxis (Regensburg, 22 februari 1770 - Dis
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Birthday February 22, 1770
- The temperature on February 22, 1770 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: donker zeer betrokken. 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 1770: Source: Wikipedia
- April 19 » Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI of France in a proxy wedding.
- April 29 » James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names.
- May 16 » The 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste, who later becomes king of France.
- June 11 » British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
- July 7 » The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.
- August 21 » James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
Day of death July 15, 1827
- The temperature on July 15, 1827 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.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 1827: Source: Wikipedia
- February 28 » The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.
- March 7 » Shrigley abduction: Ellen Turner is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a future politician in colonial New Zealand.
- March 15 » University of Toronto is founded.
- July 4 » Slavery is abolished in the State of New York.
- August 17 » Dutch King William I and Pope Leo XII sign concord
- October 20 » In the Battle of Navarino, a combined Turkish and Egyptian fleet is defeated by British, French and Russian naval forces in the last significant battle fought with wooden sailing ships.
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