Genealogy Sevinga » Foktje Berends KRUISE (1792-1872)

Christening day April 8, 1792

• The temperature on April 8, 1792 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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
  • February 20 » The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington.
  • March 16 » King Gustav III of Sweden is shot; he dies on March 29.
  • August 13 » King Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.
  • September 11 » The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house where they are stored.
  • September 20 » French troops stop an allied invasion of France at the Battle of Valmy.
  • December 11 » French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.

Day of marriage May 11, 1815

• The temperature on May 11, 1815 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder 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 1815: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 1 » Georgetown University's congressional charter is signed into law by President James Madison.
  • March 20 » After escaping from Elba, Napoleon enters Paris with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around 200,000, beginning his "Hundred Days" rule.
  • March 30 » Joachim Murat issues the Rimini Proclamation which would later inspire Italian unification.
  • June 1 » Napoleon promulgates a revised Constitution after it passes a plebiscite.
  • July 9 » Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord becomes the first Prime Minister of France.
  • December 25 » The Handel and Haydn Society, oldest continually performing arts organization in the United States, gives its first performance.

Day of death October 19, 1872

• The temperature on October 19, 1872 was about 12.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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 January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
• In the year 1872: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • March 22 » Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment.
  • May 10 » Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
  • May 22 » Reconstruction Era: President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act into law, restoring full civil and political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
  • June 14 » Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
  • November 30 » The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.
  • December 9 » In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.

Source: Wikipedia

• 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)
• 1889 » Luís I of Portugal (b. 1838)
• 1897 » George Pullman, American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company (b. 1831)
• 1901 » Carl Frederik Tietgen, Danish businessman and philanthropist, founded GN Store Nord (b. 1829)