Noordwijkerhout Van Toen (NoVaTo) » Wilhelmus Smit (1840-1869)
Personal data Wilhelmus Smit
- He was born on August 14, 1840 in Noordwijk aan Zee.
- He died on September 17, 1869 in Noordwijk, he was 29 years old.
- A child of Hendrik Smit and Margriet Margaretha Manier
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Historical events
Birthday August 14, 1840
- The temperature on August 14, 1840 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: zeer half bewolkt windstil regen. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.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 1840: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- January 13 » The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
- February 11 » Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment receives its first performance in Paris, France.
- May 1 » The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
- May 6 » The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- July 23 » The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union.
- October 11 » The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.
Day of death September 17, 1869
- The temperature on September 17, 1869 was about 14.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
- In the year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- January 27 » Boshin War: Tokugawa rebels establish the Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō.
- February 5 » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
- March 6 » Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
- March 24 » The last of Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.
- May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- October 16 » Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.
Same birth/death day
- 1840 » Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German-Austrian psychologist and author († 1902)
- 1847 » Robert Comtesse, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss National Council († 1922)
- 1848 » Margaret Lindsay Huggins, Anglo-Irish astronomer and author († 1915)
- 1851 » Doc Holliday, American dentist and gambler († 1887)
- 1851 » Yannoulis Chalepas, Greek sculptor († 1938)
- 1857 » Max Wagenknecht, German organist, composer, and educator († 1922)
- 1863 » Alfred de Vigny, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1797)
- 1863 » Charles Robert Cockerell, English archaeologist and architect (b. 1788)
- 1864 » Walter Savage Landor, English author and poet (b. 1775)
- 1868 » Roman Nose, Native American warrior (b. circa 1823)
- 1877 » Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer, developed the Calotype Process (b. 1800)
- 1878 » Orélie-Antoine de Tounens, French lawyer and adventurer (b. 1825)
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