Genealogieën vanuit de Antwerpse Rupelstreek » Cornelis van As(t) (1772-1833)

Christening day August 16, 1772

• The temperature on August 16, 1772 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: donker. Special wheather fenomena: droog. 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 1772: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 1 » The first traveler's cheques, which could be used in 90 European cities, were issued by the London Credit Exchange Company.
  • June 9 » The British schooner Gaspee is burned in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
  • June 12 » French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne and 25 of his men killed by Māori in New Zealand.
  • August 19 » Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King.
  • August 21 » King Gustav III completes his coup d'état by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.
  • September 1 » The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.

Day of marriage October 1, 1792

• The temperature on October 1, 1792 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. 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 1792: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 25 » The London Corresponding Society is founded.
  • April 21 » Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered.
  • May 15 » War of the First Coalition: France declares war on Kingdom of Sardinia.
  • May 21 » A lava dome collapses on Mount Unzen, near the city of Shimbara on the Japanese island of Kyūshū, creating a deadly tsunami that kills nearly 15,000 people.
  • July 25 » The Brunswick Manifesto is issued to the population of Paris promising vengeance if the French royal family is harmed.
  • October 13 » In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.

Day of death October 19, 1833

• The temperature on October 19, 1833 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken zwaar hagel regen bui onweer. 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.
  • January 3 » The United Kingdom claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.
  • 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 11 » The Lady of the Lake strikes an iceberg off Newfoundland and sinks with the loss of up to 265 passengers and crew.
  • May 25 » The Chilean Constitution of 1833 is promulgated.
  • July 11 » Noongar Australian aboriginal warrior Yagan, wanted for the murder of white colonists in Western Australia, is killed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1796 » Michel de Beaupuy, French general (b. 1755)
• 1813 » Józef Poniatowski, Polish general (b. 1763)
• 1815 » Paolo Mascagni, Italian physician and anatomist (b. 1755)
• 1842 » Aleksey Koltsov, Russian poet and author (b. 1808)
• 1851 » Marie Thérèse of France (b. 1778)
• 1856 » William Sprague III, American businessman and politician, 14th Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1799)