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    Birthday July 31, 1859

    • The temperature on July 31, 1859 was about 21.4 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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).
    • 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).
    • In the year 1859: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
      • February 17 » Cochinchina Campaign: The French Navy captured the Citadel of Saigon, a fortress that was manned by 1,000 Nguyễn dynasty soldiers, en route to conquering Saigon and other regions of southern Viet Nam.
      • May 4 » The Cornwall Railway opens across the Royal Albert Bridge linking Devon and Cornwall in England.
      • May 31 » The clock tower at the Houses of Parliament, which houses Big Ben, starts keeping time.
      • June 18 » First ascent of Aletschhorn, second summit of the Bernese Alps.
      • June 30 » French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
      • July 30 » First ascent of Grand Combin, one of the highest summits in the Alps.

    Day of death April 28, 1934

    • The temperature on April 28, 1934 was between 7.5 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
      • January 26 » The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City.
      • February 6 » Far-right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon in an attempted coup against the French Third Republic, creating a political crisis in France.
      • February 21 » Augusto Sandino is executed.
      • July 2 » The Night of the Long Knives ends with the death of Ernst Röhm.
      • August 11 » The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.
      • September 21 » A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing more than three thousand people.
    

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