Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Joannes Otto - Johann - Joan Veenker (1789-1863)

Christening day February 24, 1789

• The temperature on February 24, 1789 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1789: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 30 » Tây Sơn forces emerge victorious against Qing armies and liberate the capital Thăng Long.
  • June 14 » Mutiny on the Bounty: HMSBounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 7,400km (4,600mi) journey in an open boat.
  • June 17 » In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly.
  • September 2 » The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
  • September 26 » George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State.
  • October 6 » French Revolution: King Louis XVI is forced to change his residence from Versailles to the Tuileries Palace.

Day of marriage April 29, 1823

• The temperature on April 29, 1823 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt 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 1823: Source: Wikipedia
  • July 2 » Bahia Independence Day: The end of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia.
  • July 15 » A fire destroys the ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, Italy.
  • July 24 » Afro-Chileans are emancipated.
  • August 25 » American fur trapper Hugh Glass is mauled by a grizzly bear while on an expedition in South Dakota.
  • September 22 » Joseph Smith claims to have found the golden plates after being directed by God through the Angel Moroni to the place where they were buried.
  • December 2 » Monroe Doctrine: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President James Monroe proclaims American neutrality in future European conflicts, and warns European powers not to interfere in the Americas.

Day of death July 7, 1863

• The temperature on July 7, 1863 was about 25.9 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 33%. 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.
  • May 18 » American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins.
  • May 27 » American Civil War: First Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson.
  • June 14 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Winchester: A Union garrison is defeated by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley town of Winchester, Virginia.
  • July 18 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Fort Wagner: One of the first formal African American military units, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, supported by several white regiments, attempts an unsuccessful assault on Confederate-held Battery Wagner.
  • October 14 » American Civil War: Confederate troops under the command of A. P. Hill fail to drive the Union Army completely out of Virginia.
  • November 23 » American Civil War: Battle of Chattanooga begins: Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and counter-attack Confederate troops.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1863 » William Mulready, Irish genre painter (b. 1786)
• 1865 » David Herold (b. 1842)
• 1865 » George Atzerodt (b. 1833)
• 1865 » Lewis Payne (b. 1844)
• 1865 » Mary Surratt (b. 1823)
• 1890 » Henri Nestlé, German businessman, founded Nestlé (b. 1814)