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Christening day April 7, 1851

• The temperature on April 7, 1851 was about 3.8 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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 Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1851: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
  • January 28 » Northwestern University becomes the first chartered university in Illinois.
  • September 11 » Christiana Resistance: Escaped slaves led by William Parker fight off and kill a slave owner who, with a federal marshal and an armed party, sought to seize three of his former slaves in Christiana, Pennsylvania, thereby creating a cause célèbre between slavery proponents and abolitionists.
  • September 15 » Saint Joseph's University is founded in Philadelphia.
  • November 14 » Moby-Dick, a novel by Herman Melville, is published in the USA.
  • December 22 » India's first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India.
  • December 24 » The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., burns.

Day of marriage June 11, 1879

• The temperature on June 11, 1879 was about 15.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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.
  • January 25 » The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
  • April 23 » Fire burns down the second main building and dome of the University of Notre Dame, which prompts the construction of the third, and current, Main Building with its golden dome.
  • 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.
  • December 21 » World premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • December 31 » Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

Day of death February 8, 1927

• The temperature on February 8, 1927 was between -3.9 °C and 1.1 °C and averaged -1.6 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • January 11 » Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
  • March 24 » Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city.
  • April 19 » Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex.
  • June 26 » The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
  • July 10 » Kevin O'Higgins TD, Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State is assassinated by the IRA.
  • September 18 » The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1921 » George Formby Sr, English actor and singer (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (b. 1842)
• 1928 » Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)
• 1932 » Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (b. 1867)
• 1935 » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860)