More like a forest than a tree! » Samuel PEARSON (1833-1902)

Christening day January 12, 1834

• The temperature on January 12, 1834 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: betrokken veel regen 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 1834: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
  • March 6 » York, Upper Canada, is incorporated as Toronto.
  • July 7 » In New York City, four nights of rioting against abolitionists began.
  • October 9 » Opening of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway on the island of Ireland.
  • October 28 » The Pinjarra massacre occurs in the Swan River Colony. An estimated 30 Noongar people are killed by British colonists.
  • December 1 » Slavery is abolished in the Cape Colony in accordance with the Slavery Abolition Act 1833.
  • December 3 » The Zollverein (German Customs Union) begins the first regular census in Germany.

Day of marriage May 21, 1879

• The temperature on May 21, 1879 was about 15.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • February 15 » Women's rights: US President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
  • March 23 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Topáter, the first battle of the war is fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru.
  • April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
  • May 26 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
  • June 1 » Napoléon Eugène, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
  • October 7 » Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.

Day of death July 15, 1902

• The temperature on July 15, 1902 was between 11.0 °C and 29.3 °C and averaged 20.6 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (71%). 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
  • January 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
  • March 7 » Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, inflict the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war, at Tweebosch.
  • April 14 » James Cash Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
  • May 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
  • June 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
  • July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.

Day of burial July 19, 1902

• The temperature on July 19, 1902 was between 10.8 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (23%). 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
  • March 6 » Real Madrid CF is founded.
  • March 7 » Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, inflict the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war, at Tweebosch.
  • May 8 » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
  • May 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
  • June 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
  • November 21 » The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first ever professional American football night game.

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• 1883 » General Tom Thumb, American circus performer (b. 1838)
• 1885 » Rosalía de Castro, Spanish author and poet (b. 1837)
• 1890 » Gottfried Keller, Swiss author, poet, and playwright (b. 1819)
• 1898 » Jean-Baptiste Salpointe, French-American archbishop († 1825)
• 1904 » Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer (b. 1860)
• 1919 » Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)