Lambert Freriks » Willem Plante (1788-1873)

Christening day November 2, 1788

• The temperature on November 2, 1788 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: 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 1788: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 18 » The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from Great Britain to Australia arrive at Botany Bay.
  • January 19 » The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay.
  • April 28 » Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution.
  • May 8 » King Louis XVI of France attempts to impose the reforms of Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne by abolishing the parlements.
  • June 21 » New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
  • July 25 » Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his Symphony No. 40 in G minor (K550).

Day of marriage December 15, 1817

• The temperature on December 15, 1817 was about 2.0 °C. There was 48 mm of rainWind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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
  • January 24 » Crossing of the Andes: Many soldiers of Juan Gregorio de las Heras are captured during the Action of Picheuta.
  • February 8 » Las Heras crosses the Andes with an army to join San Martín and liberate Chile from Spain.
  • February 12 » An Argentine/Chilean patriotic army, after crossing the Andes, defeats Spanish troops at the Battle of Chacabuco.
  • May 15 » Opening of the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason (now Friends Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).
  • July 4 » In Rome, New York, construction on the Erie Canal begins.
  • October 30 » Simón Bolívar becomes President of the Third Republic of Venezuela.

Day of death July 25, 1873

• The temperature on July 25, 1873 was about 25.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 1873: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 17 » A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, part of the Modoc War.
  • March 1 » E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.
  • May 9 » Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
  • June 5 » Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain.
  • September 15 » Franco-Prussian War: The last Imperial German Army troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.
  • November 22 » The French steamer SS Ville du Havre sinks in 12 minutes after colliding with the Scottish iron clipper Loch Earn in the Atlantic, with a loss of 226 lives.

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• 1834 » Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English philosopher, poet, and critic (b. 1772)
• 1842 » Dominique Jean Larrey, French physician and surgeon (b. 1766)
• 1843 » Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and engineer (b. 1766)
• 1861 » Jonas Furrer, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1805)
• 1865 » James Barry, English soldier and surgeon (b. 1799)
• 1887 » John Taylor, American religious leader, 3rd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1808)