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Christening day March 10, 1835

• The temperature on March 10, 1835 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: 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 1835: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
  • January 7 » HMSBeagle, with Charles Darwin on board, drops anchor off the Chonos Archipelago.
  • February 1 » Slavery is abolished in Mauritius.
  • May 6 » James Gordon Bennett, Sr. publishes the first issue of the New York Herald.
  • June 2 » P. T. Barnum and his circus start their first tour of the United States.
  • August 25 » The first Great Moon Hoax article is published in The New York Sun, announcing the discovery of life and civilization on the Moon.
  • December 28 » Osceola leads his Seminole warriors in Florida into the Second Seminole War against the United States Army.

Day of marriage January 13, 1863

• The temperature on January 13, 1863 was about 4.3 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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.
  • February 24 » Arizona is organized as a United States territory.
  • July 4 » American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia withdraws from the battlefield after losing the Battle of Gettysburg, signalling an end to the Confederate invasion of U.S. territory.
  • September 9 » American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.
  • September 16 » Robert College, in Istanbul, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.
  • 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.

Day of death February 15, 1916

• The temperature on February 15, 1916 was between -0.1 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 14.8 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • January 24 » In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
  • June 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
  • July 15 » In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
  • July 19 » World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme.
  • September 7 » US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
  • November 1 » In Russia, Pavel Milyukov delivers in the State Duma the famous "stupidity or treason" speech, precipitating the downfall of the government of Boris Stürmer.

Day of burial February 19, 1916

• The temperature on February 19, 1916 was between 0.3 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • February 27 » Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.
  • April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun: German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
  • May 31 » World War I: Battle of Jutland: The British Grand Fleet engages the High Seas Fleet in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
  • August 27 » World War I: The Kingdom of Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering the war as one of the Allied nations.
  • October 7 » Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
  • December 30 » Russian mystic and advisor to the Tsar Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was murdered by a loyalist group led by Prince Felix Yusupov. His frozen, partially-trussed body was discovered in a Moscow river three days later.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Lew Wallace, American author, general, and politician, 11th Governor of New Mexico Territory (b. 1827)
• 1911 » Theodor Escherich, German-Austrian pediatrician and academic (b. 1859)
• 1924 » Lionel Monckton, English composer (b. 1861)
• 1928 » H. H. Asquith, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1852)
• 1932 » Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress and playwright (b. 1865)
• 1933 » Pat Sullivan, Australian animator and producer, co-created Felix the Cat (b. 1887)