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Christening day April 25, 1773

• The temperature on April 25, 1773 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: omtrent 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 1773: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 1 » The hymn that became known as "Amazing Grace", then titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17" is first used to accompany a sermon led by John Newton in the town of Olney, Buckinghamshire, England.
  • January 17 » Captain James Cook leads the first expedition to sail south of the Antarctic Circle.
  • May 10 » The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by reducing taxes on its tea and granting it the right to sell tea directly to North America. The legislation leads to the Boston Tea Party.
  • June 1 » Wolraad Woltemade rescues 14 sailors at the Cape of Good Hope from the sinking ship De Jonge Thomas by riding his horse into the sea seven times. He drowned on his eighth attempt.
  • June 17 » Cúcuta, Colombia, is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar.
  • December 16 » American Revolution: Boston Tea Party: Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians dump hundreds of crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.

Day of marriage December 12, 1792

• The temperature on December 12, 1792 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: hagel. 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
  • January 9 » Treaty of Jassy between Russian and Ottoman Empire is signed.
  • January 25 » The London Corresponding Society is founded.
  • February 20 » The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington.
  • May 17 » The New York Stock Exchange is formed under the Buttonwood Agreement.
  • 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.

Day of death June 25, 1821

• The temperature on June 25, 1821 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: omtrent 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 1821: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 23 » Greek War of Independence: Battle and fall of city of Kalamata.
  • April 10 » Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Ottoman government from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus.
  • May 12 » The first major battle of the Greek War of Independence against the Turks is fought in Valtetsi.
  • June 12 » Badi VII, king of Sennar, surrenders his throne and realm to Isma'il Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, ending the existence of that Sudanese kingdom.
  • August 4 » The Saturday Evening Post is published for the first time as a weekly newspaper.
  • September 28 » The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire is drafted. It will be made public on 13 October.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1798 » Thomas Sandby, English cartographer, painter, and architect (b. 1721)
• 1822 » E. T. A. Hoffmann, German composer, critic, and jurist (b. 1776)
• 1835 » Ebenezer Pemberton, American educator (b. 1746)
• 1838 » François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo, French general and engineer (b. 1774)
• 1861 » Abdülmecid I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1823)
• 1866 » Alexander von Nordmann, Finnish biologist and paleontologist (b. 1803)