The temperature on March 29, 1840 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: omtrent betrokken. 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).
January 13 » The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
February 10 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
February 11 » Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment receives its first performance in Paris, France.
May 1 » The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
May 22 » The penal transportation of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished.
October 11 » The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.
Day of marriage July 9, 1869
The temperature on July 9, 1869 was about 22.1 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%. Source: KNMI
From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
March 6 » Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
March 24 » The last of Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.
April 28 » Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
August 2 » Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
October 5 » The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
October 16 » The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".
Day of death February 6, 1935
The temperature on February 6, 1935 was between -2.0 °C and 4.6 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
May 24 » The first night game in Major League Baseball history is played in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the Cincinnati Reds beating the Philadelphia Phillies 2–1 at Crosley Field.
June 12 » A ceasefire is negotiated between Bolivia and Paraguay, ending the Chaco War.
August 15 » Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.
September 17 » The Niagara Gorge Railroad ceases operations after a rockslide.
September 30 » The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.
December 18 » The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is founded in Ceylon.
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