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Christening day September 13, 1767

• The temperature on September 13, 1767 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw. 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 1767: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 7 » End of Burmese–Siamese War (1765–67).
  • June 17 » Samuel Wallis, a British sea captain, sights Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island.
  • July 3 » Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded and the first edition is published.
  • July 3 » Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret.
  • August 26 » Jesuits all over Chile are arrested as the Spanish Empire suppresses the Society of Jesus.
  • October 11 » Surveying for the Mason–Dixon line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania is completed.

Day of marriage September 25, 1789

• The temperature on September 25, 1789 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: 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 1789: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 4 » In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect. The United States Bill of Rights is written and proposed to Congress.
  • April 30 » On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.
  • June 8 » James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in Congress.
  • July 11 » Jacques Necker is dismissed as France's Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille.
  • July 27 » The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
  • October 2 » The United States Bill of Rights is sent to the various States for ratification.

Day of death January 16, 1812

• The temperature on January 16, 1812 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. 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 1812: Source: Wikipedia
  • June 4 » Following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S. state, the Louisiana Territory is renamed the Missouri Territory.
  • September 3 » Twenty-four settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre in Indiana.
  • September 4 » War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Harrison begins when the fort is set on fire.
  • September 5 » War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Wayne begins when Chief Winamac's forces attack two soldiers returning from the fort's outhouses.
  • November 3 » Napoleon's armies are defeated at the Battle of Vyazma.
  • November 18 » Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Krasnoi ends in French defeat, but Marshal of France Michel Ney's leadership leads to him becoming known as "the bravest of the brave".

Source: Wikipedia

• 1794 » Edward Gibbon, English historian and politician (b. 1737)
• 1809 » John Moore, Scottish general and politician (b. 1761)
• 1817 » Alexander J. Dallas, Jamaican-American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1759)
• 1834 » Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic (b. 1769)
• 1856 » Thaddeus William Harris, American entomologist and botanist (b. 1795)
• 1864 » Anton Schindler, Austrian secretary and author (b. 1795)