Genealogy Rijerkerk - Bronner » Hendrik Willems BONGAARTS (1745-1819)

Christening day December 19, 1745

• The temperature on December 19, 1745 was about -2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1745: Source: Wikipedia
  • June 4 » Battle of Hohenfriedberg: Frederick the Great's Prussian army decisively defeated an Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine during the War of the Austrian Succession.
  • June 16 » War of the Austrian Succession: New England colonial troops under the command of William Pepperrell capture the Fortress of Louisbourg in Louisbourg, New France (Old Style date).
  • June 28 » A New England colonial army captures the French fortifications at Louisbourg (New Style).
  • August 19 » Ottoman–Persian War: In the Battle of Kars, the Ottoman army is routed by Persian forces led by Nader Shah.
  • November 8 » Charles Edward Stuart invades England with an army of ~5000 that would later participate in the Battle of Culloden.
  • December 4 » Charles Edward Stuart's army reaches Derby, its furthest point during the Second Jacobite Rising.

Day of marriage May 12, 1776

• The temperature on May 12, 1776 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. 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 1776: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 6 » American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.
  • May 15 » American Revolution: The Fifth Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence.
  • June 8 » American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
  • July 8 » Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
  • September 17 » The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain.
  • November 29 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.

Day of death April 9, 1819

• The temperature on April 9, 1819 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. 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 1819: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 29 » Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore.
  • May 25 » The Argentine Constitution of 1819 is promulgated.
  • June 20 » The U.S. vessel SSSavannah arrives at Liverpool, United Kingdom. It is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, although most of the journey is made under sail.
  • July 3 » The Bank for Savings in the City of New-York, the first savings bank in the United States, opens.
  • August 6 » Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.
  • August 16 » Peterloo Massacre: Seventeen people die and over 600 are injured in cavalry charges at a public meeting at St. Peter's Field, Manchester, England.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1761 » William Law, English priest and theologian (b. 1686)
• 1768 » Sarah Fielding, English author (b. 1710)
• 1804 » Jacques Necker, Swiss-French politician, Chief Minister to the French Monarch (b. 1732)
• 1806 » William V, stadtholder of the Dutch Republic (b. 1748)
• 1872 » Erastus Corning, American businessman and politician (b. 1794)
• 1876 » Charles Goodyear, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1804)