Olson's Tree » Melissa Clementine Johnston (1831-1908)

Day of marriage December 23, 1852

• The temperature on December 23, 1852 was about -1.2 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1852: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
  • February 5 » The New Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, one of the largest and oldest museums in the world, opens to the public.
  • March 1 » Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton, is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
  • March 20 » Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.
  • August 20 » Steamboat Atlantic sank on Lake Erie after a collision, with the loss of at least 150 lives.
  • September 19 » Annibale de Gasparis discovers the asteroid Massalia from the north dome of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte.
  • September 24 » The first airship powered by (a steam) engine, created by Henri Giffard, travels 17 miles (27km) from Paris to Trappes.

Day of death May 30, 1908

• The temperature on May 30, 1908 was between 13.4 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
  • January 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
  • January 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
  • May 26 » The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East was made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
  • June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.
  • July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
  • July 25 » Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1901 » Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician, lawyer, and jurist (b. 1841)
• 1911 » Milton Bradley, American businessman, founded the Milton Bradley Company (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Wilbur Wright, American pilot and businessman, co-founded the Wright Company (b. 1867)
• 1918 » Georgi Plekhanov, Russian philosopher and theorist (b. 1856)
• 1925 » Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author (b. 1876)