Genealogy Van Tunen » Ariën Ursem (1833-1909)

Christening day June 19, 1833

• The temperature on June 19, 1833 was about 21.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. 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 1833: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
  • February 6 » Otto becomes the first modern King of Greece.
  • April 1 » The Convention of 1833, a political gathering of settlers in Mexican Texas to help draft a series of petitions to the Mexican government, begins in San Felipe de Austin.
  • May 25 » The Chilean Constitution of 1833 is promulgated.
  • July 5 » Admiral Charles Napier vanquishes the navy of the Portuguese usurper Dom Miguel at the third Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
  • November 25 » A massive undersea earthquake, estimated magnitude between 8.7-9.2, rocks Sumatra, producing a massive tsunami all along the Indonesian coast.
  • December 18 » The national anthem of the Russian Empire, "God Save the Tsar!", is first performed.

Day of marriage September 16, 1863

• The temperature on September 16, 1863 was about 16.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 29 » The Bear River Massacre: A detachment of California Volunteers led by Colonel Patrick Edward Connor engage the Shoshone at Bear River, Washington Territory, killing hundreds of men, women and children.
  • March 19 » The SSGeorgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, medicines, and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000.
  • April 16 » American Civil War: During the Vicksburg Campaign, gunboats commanded by acting Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter run downriver past Confederate artillery batteries at Vicksburg.
  • May 14 » American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place.
  • June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign.
  • November 18 » King Christian IX of Denmark signs the November constitution that declares Schleswig to be part of Denmark. This is seen by the German Confederation as a violation of the London Protocol and leads to the German–Danish war of 1864.

Day of death July 5, 1909

• The temperature on July 5, 1909 was between 8.4 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
  • February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
  • February 12 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
  • March 31 » Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis.
  • April 14 » A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.
  • August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
  • October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1884 » Victor Massé, French composer (b. 1822)
• 1908 » Jonas Lie, Norwegian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1833)
• 1920 » Max Klinger, German painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1927 » Albrecht Kossel, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1929 » Henry Johnson, American sergeant (b. 1897)
• 1932 » Sasha Chorny, Russian poet and author (b. 1880)