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Christening day April 26, 1840

• The temperature on April 26, 1840 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: helder. 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 1840: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
  • February 6 » Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
  • February 10 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
  • 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.

Day of marriage April 26, 1864

• The temperature on April 26, 1864 was about 14.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%. 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 1864: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • March 11 » The Great Sheffield Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield, England.
  • April 25 » American Civil War: The Battle of Marks' Mills.
  • July 11 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C.
  • July 19 » Taiping Rebellion: Third Battle of Nanking: The Qing dynasty finally defeats the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
  • September 29 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chaffin's Farm is fought.
  • October 2 » American Civil War: Confederates defeat a Union attack on Saltville, Virginia. A massacre of wounded Union prisoners (most of them are from a Black cavalry unit) ensues.

Day of death July 19, 1925

• The temperature on July 19, 1925 was between 14.8 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 19.5 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
  • April 4 » The Schutzstaffel (SS) is founded under Adolf Hitler's Nazi party in Germany.
  • April 10 » The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner's Sons.
  • May 30 » May Thirtieth Movement: Shanghai Municipal Police Force shoot and kill 13 protesting workers.
  • July 18 » Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf.
  • July 25 » Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established.
  • October 30 » John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter.

Day of burial July 22, 1925

• The temperature on July 22, 1925 was between 20.2 °C and 32.5 °C and averaged 26.0 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
  • January 5 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States.
  • February 21 » The New Yorker publishes its first issue.
  • February 28 » The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
  • April 16 » During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
  • April 26 » Paul von Hindenburg defeats Wilhelm Marx in the second round of the German presidential election to become the first directly elected head of state of the Weimar Republic.
  • July 18 » Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Clímaco Calderón, Colombian lawyer and politician, 15th President of Colombia (b. 1852)
• 1925 » John Indermaur, British lawyer (b. 1851)
• 1930 » Robert Stout, Scottish-New Zealand politician, 13th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1844)
• 1933 » Kaarle Krohn, Finnish historian and academic (b. 1863)
• 1939 » Rose Hartwick Thorpe, American poet and author (b. 1850)
• 1943 » Yekaterina Budanova, Russian captain and pilot (b. 1916)