Navorska tree » Geerd Harms Smid (1806-1863)

Christening day January 19, 1806

• The temperature on January 19, 1806 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: winderig half bewolkt bui. 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 1806: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 1 » The French Republican Calendar is abolished.
  • January 8 » Cape Colony in southern Africa becomes a British colony as a result of the Battle of Blaauwberg.
  • January 30 » The original Lower Trenton Bridge (also called the Trenton Makes the World Takes Bridge), which spans the Delaware River between Morrisville, Pennsylvania and Trenton, New Jersey, is opened.
  • July 12 » At the insistence of Napoleon, Bavaria, Baden, Württemberg and thirteen minor principalities leave the Holy Roman Empire and form the Confederation of the Rhine.
  • August 12 » Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires re-takes the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina after the first British invasion.
  • September 2 » A massive landslide destroys the town of Goldau, Switzerland, killing 457.

Day of death April 4, 1863

• The temperature on April 4, 1863 was about 13.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. 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.
  • April 2 » American Civil War: The largest in a series of Southern bread riots occurs in Richmond, Virginia.
  • May 22 » American Civil War: Union forces begin the Siege of Port Hudson which lasts 48 days, the longest siege in U.S. military history.
  • July 3 » American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge.
  • July 7 » The United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.
  • July 9 » American Civil War: The Siege of Port Hudson ends, giving the Union complete control of the Mississippi River.
  • September 16 » Robert College, in Istanbul, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.

Day of burial April 10, 1863

• The temperature on April 10, 1863 was about 11.0 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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.
  • July 4 » American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg: Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to U.S. forces under Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of siege. One hundred fifty miles up the Mississippi River, a Confederate army is repulsed at the Battle of Helena, Arkansas.
  • August 16 » The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country.
  • September 7 » American Civil War: Union troops under Quincy A. Gillmore captures Fort Wagner in Morris Island after a 7-week siege.
  • October 3 » The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
  • October 30 » Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes.
  • November 18 » King Christian IX of Denmark signs the November constitution that declares Schleswig to be part of Denmark. This is seen by the German Confederation as a violation of the London Protocol and leads to the German–Danish war of 1864.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1861 » John McLean, American jurist and politician, 6th United States Postmaster General (b. 1785)
• 1863 » Ludwig Emil Grimm, German painter and engraver (b. 1790)
• 1864 » Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American commander and paleontologist (b. 1808)
• 1870 » Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist (b. 1802)
• 1874 » Charles Ernest Beulé, French archaeologist and politician (b. 1826)
• 1875 » Karl Mauch, German geographer and explorer (b. 1837)