Parentele of Geurt Jacobs » Elsje Gerrits van de Top (1791-1863)

Christening day July 17, 1791

• The temperature on July 17, 1791 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. 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 1791: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 4 » The Constitutional Act of 1791 is introduced by the British House of Commons in London which envisages the separation of Canada into Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario).
  • August 21 » A Vodou ceremony, led by Dutty Boukman, turns into a violent slave rebellion, beginning the Haitian Revolution.
  • August 26 » John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
  • August 30 » HMSPandora sinks after having run aground on the outer Great Barrier Reef the previous day.
  • September 30 » France's National Constituent Assembly is dissolved, to be replaced the next day by the National Legislative Assembly
  • October 1 » First session of the French Legislative Assembly.

Day of marriage March 8, 1817

• The temperature on March 8, 1817 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt bui hagel winderig. 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 1817: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 12 » An Argentine/Chilean patriotic army, after crossing the Andes, defeats Spanish troops at the Battle of Chacabuco.
  • March 8 » The New York Stock Exchange is founded.
  • April 15 » Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc founded the American School for the Deaf, the first American school for deaf students, in Hartford, Connecticut.
  • June 12 » The earliest form of bicycle, the dandy horse, is driven by Karl von Drais.
  • July 4 » In Rome, New York, construction on the Erie Canal begins.
  • October 17 » The tomb of Pharaoh Seti I is discovered.

Day of death March 18, 1863

• The temperature on March 18, 1863 was about 5.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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.
  • May 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville begins.
  • May 14 » American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place.
  • June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign.
  • July 13 » New York City draft riots: In New York City, opponents of conscription begin three days of rioting which will be later regarded as the worst in United States history.
  • September 8 » American Civil War: In the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.
  • October 31 » The New Zealand Wars resume as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron begin their Invasion of the Waikato.

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• 1823 » Jean-Baptiste Bréval, French cellist and composer (b. 1753)
• 1835 » Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat (b. 1769)
• 1845 » Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and missionary (b. 1774)
• 1871 » Augustus De Morgan, Indian-English mathematician and academic (b. 1806)
• 1898 » Matilda Joslyn Gage, American author and activist (b. 1826)
• 1900 » Hjalmar Kiærskou, Danish botanist (b. 1835)