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Christening day February 26, 1845

• The temperature on February 26, 1845 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: half bewolkt regen . 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 1845: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
  • January 29 » "The Raven" is published in The Evening Mirror in New York, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe.
  • March 1 » United States President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas.
  • March 3 » Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
  • March 25 » New Zealand Legislative Council pass the first Militia Act constituting the New Zealand Army.
  • July 19 » Great New York City Fire of 1845: The last great fire to affect Manhattan begins early in the morning and is subdued that afternoon. The fire kills four firefighters and 26 civilians and destroys 345 buildings.
  • September 23 » The Knickerbockers Baseball Club, the first baseball team to play under the modern rules, is founded in New York.

Day of marriage August 26, 1865

• The temperature on August 26, 1865 was about 22.7 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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 1865: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • April 10 » American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.
  • April 15 » President Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth. Vice President Andrew Johnson becomes President upon Lincoln's death.
  • July 27 » Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
  • November 10 » Major Henry Wirz, the superintendent of a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, is hanged, becoming one of only three American Civil War soldiers executed for war crimes.
  • December 2 » Alabama ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed by North Carolina then Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks
  • December 5 » Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.

Day of death January 20, 1885

• The temperature on January 20, 1885 was about -7.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
  • February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
  • March 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
  • May 2 » Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
  • November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.
  • December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1873 » Basil Moreau, French priest, founded the Congregation of Holy Cross (b. 1799)
• 1875 » Jean-François Millet, French painter and educator (b. 1814)
• 1891 » Kalākaua, king of Hawaii (b. 1836)
• 1900 » John Ruskin, English painter and critic (b. 1819)
• 1901 » Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer, invented the Gramme machine (b. 1826)
• 1907 » Agnes Mary Clerke, Irish astronomer and author (b. 1842)