The temperature on April 18, 1837 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. 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).
January 26 » Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state.
June 5 » Houston is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.
June 11 » The Broad Street Riot occurs in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between Yankees and Irish.
June 20 » Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.
July 1 » A system of civil registration of births, marriages and deaths is established in England and Wales.
November 22 » Canadian journalist and politician William Lyon Mackenzie calls for a rebellion against the United Kingdom in his essay "To the People of Upper Canada", published in his newspaper The Constitution.
Day of marriage April 1, 1864
The temperature on April 1, 1864 was about 5.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. Source: KNMI
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.
April 10 » Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg is proclaimed emperor of Mexico during the French intervention in Mexico.
May 9 » Second Schleswig War: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.
August 22 » Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention, establishing the rules of protection of the victims of armed conflicts.
October 28 » American Civil War: A Union attack on the Confederate capital is repulsed.
October 31 » Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.
December 22 » American Civil War: Savannah, Georgia, falls to the forces of General Sherman.
Day of death July 28, 1923
The temperature on July 28, 1923 was between 7.0 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 9.9 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 1 » Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMS.
March 3 » TIME magazine is published for the first time.
June 27 » Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH.4B biplane.
August 23 » Captain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter performed the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.
September 4 » Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USSShenandoah.
October 15 » The German Rentenmark is introduced in Germany to counter hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic.
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