Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Maria Catharina - Maria Ross (1782-1863)

Christening day February 17, 1782

• The temperature on February 17, 1782 was about -9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: omtrent 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 1782: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 5 » Spanish defeat British forces and capture Menorca.
  • March 16 » Anglo-Spanish War (1779): Action of 16 March 1782.
  • April 9 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of the Saintes begins.
  • April 21 » The city of Rattanakosin, now known internationally as Bangkok, is founded on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River by King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.
  • June 10 » King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) is crowned.
  • June 20 » The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.

Day of marriage February 20, 1811

• The temperature on February 20, 1811 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: half bewolkt 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 1811: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 2 » Argentine War of Independence: A royalist fleet defeats a small flotilla of revolutionary ships in the Battle of San Nicolás on the River Plate.
  • May 18 » Battle of Las Piedras: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the Río de la Plata in Uruguay led by José Artigas.
  • July 5 » The Venezuelan Declaration of Independence is adopted by a congress of the provinces.
  • July 30 » Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, leader of the Mexican insurgency, is executed by the Spanish in Chihuahua City, Mexico.
  • November 28 » Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, premieres at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.
  • December 16 » The first two in a series of four severe earthquakes occur in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri.

Day of death May 3, 1863

• The temperature on May 3, 1863 was about 16.7 °C. The air pressure was 4.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 36%. 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.
  • January 10 » The Metropolitan Railway, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between Paddington and Farringdon, marking the beginning of the London Underground.
  • January 26 » American Civil War: Governor of Massachusetts John Albion Andrew receives permission from the Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent.
  • 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.
  • September 6 » American Civil War: Confederate forces evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.
  • October 3 » The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
  • November 26 » United States President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November. Following the Franksgiving controversy from 1939 to 1941, it has been observed on the fourth Thursday in 1942 and subsequent years.

Day of burial May 6, 1863

• The temperature on May 6, 1863 was about 11.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. 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.
  • January 10 » The Metropolitan Railway, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between Paddington and Farringdon, marking the beginning of the London Underground.
  • January 26 » American Civil War: General Ambrose Burnside is relieved of command of the Army of the Potomac after the disastrous Fredericksburg campaign. He is replaced by Joseph Hooker.
  • May 14 » American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place.
  • May 23 » The General German Workers' Association, a precursor of the modern Social Democratic Party of Germany, is founded in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony.
  • October 15 » American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks, killing its inventor.
  • October 29 » Eighteen countries meet in Geneva and agree to form the International Red Cross.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1839 » Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer (b. 1771)
• 1856 » Adolphe Adam, French composer and critic (b. 1803)
• 1856 » Louis-Étienne Saint-Denis, Arab-French servant to Napoleon I (b. 1788)
• 1882 » Leonidas Smolents, Austrian–Greek general and army minister (b. 1806)
• 1910 » Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist (b. 1871)
• 1916 » Tom Clarke, Irish rebel (b. 1858)