Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Hermann Heinrich Lindern (1807-1860)

Christening day February 26, 1807

• The temperature on February 26, 1807 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: zeer betrokken noorderlicht. 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 1807: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 7 » Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon finds Bennigsen's Russian forces taking a stand at Eylau. After bitter fighting, the French take the town, but the Russians resume the battle the next day.
  • May 29 » Mustafa IV became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
  • August 17 » Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat leaves New York City for Albany, New York, on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world.
  • August 29 » British troops under Sir Arthur Wellesley defeat a Danish militia outside Copenhagen in the Battle of Køge.
  • September 2 » The British Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon.
  • December 17 » Napoleonic Wars: France issues the Milan Decree, which confirms the Continental System.

Day of death January 20, 1860

• The temperature on January 20, 1860 was about 5.9 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
• From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
• In the year 1860: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
  • February 27 » Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.
  • March 17 » The First Taranaki War begins in Taranaki, New Zealand, a major phase of the New Zealand Wars.
  • May 5 » Giuseppe Garibaldi sets sail from Genoa, leading the expedition of the Thousand to conquer the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and giving birth to the Kingdom of Italy.
  • September 7 » Italian unification: Giuseppe Garibaldi enters Naples.
  • September 8 » The steamship PSLady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.
  • October 18 » The Second Opium War finally ends at the Convention of Peking with the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin, an unequal treaty.

Day of burial January 24, 1860

• The temperature on January 24, 1860 was about 5.6 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 20 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 73 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
• From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
• In the year 1860: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The first Polish stamp is issued, replacing the Russian stamps previously in use.
  • March 17 » The First Taranaki War begins in Taranaki, New Zealand, a major phase of the New Zealand Wars.
  • April 6 » The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, later renamed Community of Christ, is organized by Joseph Smith III and others at Amboy, Illinois.
  • May 3 » Charles XV of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
  • October 18 » The Second Opium War finally ends at the Convention of Peking with the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin, an unequal treaty.
  • December 26 » The first ever inter-club English association football match takes place between Hallam and Sheffield football clubs in Sheffield.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1841 » Jørgen Jørgensen, Danish explorer (b. 1780)
• 1848 » Christian VIII, Danish king (b. 1786)
• 1850 » Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1779)
• 1852 » Ōnomatsu Midorinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 6th Yokozuna (b. 1794)
• 1873 » Basil Moreau, French priest, founded the Congregation of Holy Cross (b. 1799)
• 1875 » Jean-François Millet, French painter and educator (b. 1814)