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Born on Wednesday February 25, 1818
- * Eva Looijen, Asperen († 1897)
- Asa Burton White, Thetford, Orange, Vermont, United States († 1862)
- Anna-Maria Hendrik van de Ven, Veghel, Poederveldse Hoeve, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1896)
- Akke Smilde, Enkhuizen († 1905)
- Anna Perfors, Noordwijkerhout, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1894)
- Anna Perfors, Noordwijkerhout († 1894)
- Aart Fris, Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1819)
- Arend den Haan, Ter Aar (Langeraar) († 1819)
- Arij van Trierum, ,, Nieuw-Helvoet, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1875)
- Bárbara Vieira de Freitas, Minas Gerais, Brasil
Died on Wednesday February 25, 1818
- Bontje Jans Baron (28), Smallingerland
- Carolus Reybroeck (82), Hansbeke
- Aaltjen Marsman (79), Verwolde (Laren Gld)
- Anna van Oosten (1), Valkenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Andries Meindertsz WIERSMA (67), Friesland, Nederland
- Anne Catherine Rosalie DEWEZ (33), Hevillers,1435,Brabant Wallon,Wallonie, België
- Barbe EVON (60), Sainte-Barbe,88700,Vosges,Lorraine,FRANCE
- Catherine GUTHMANN (79), Dessenheim, 68, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
- Anna van Oosten (1), Valkenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Catherine Melick (19)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 25, 1818 at Delpher
Born on February 25
- 1806 » Emma Catherine Embury, American author and poet († 1863)
- 1809 » John Hart, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of South Australia († 1873)
- 1812 » Carl Christian Hall, Danish lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Denmark († 1888)
- 1816 » Giovanni Morelli, Italian historian and critic († 1891)
- 1833 » John St. John, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Kansas († 1916)
- 1841 » Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter and sculptor († 1919)
- 1842 » Karl May, German author, poet, and playwright († 1912)
- 1845 » George Reid, Scottish-Australian lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Australia († 1918)
- 1855 » Cesário Verde, Portuguese poet and author († 1886)
- 1856 » Karl Gotthard Lamprecht, German historian and academic († 1915)
Died on February 25
- 1796 » Samuel Seabury, American bishop (b. 1729)
- 1805 » Thomas Pownall, English politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1722)
- 1819 » Francisco Manoel de Nascimento, Portuguese-French poet and educator (b. 1734)
- 1822 » William Pinkney, American politician and diplomat, 7th United States Attorney General (b. 1764)
- 1841 » Philip Pendleton Barbour, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 12th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1783)
- 1850 » Daoguang Emperor of China (b. 1782)
- 1852 » Thomas Moore, Irish poet and lyricist (b. 1779)
- 1865 » Otto Ludwig, German author, playwright, and critic (b. 1813)
- 1870 » Henrik Hertz, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1797)
- 1877 » Jung Bahadur Rana, Nepalese ruler (b. 1816)
Names that were popular for boys in 1818
- Jan
- Johannes
- Cornelis
- Pieter
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Gerrit
- Jacob
- Jacobus
- Petrus
- Joannes
- Dirk
- Klaas
- Leendert
- Adrianus
- Arie
Names that were popular for girls in 1818
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Adriana
- Aaltje
- Trijntje
- Grietje
- Antje
- Neeltje
- Elizabeth
- Hendrika
- Jannetje
- Petronella
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1818
- This page is only available in Dutch.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).
- January 15 » A paper by David Brewster is read to the Royal Society, belatedly announcing his discovery of what we now call the biaxial class of doubly-refracting crystals. On the same day, Augustin-Jean Fresnel signs a "supplement" (submitted four days later) on reflection of polarized light.
- February 12 » Bernardo O'Higgins formally approves the Chilean Declaration of Independence near Concepción, Chile.
- April 5 » In the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement, led by Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San Martín, win a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead.
- April 19 » French physicist Augustin Fresnel signs his preliminary "Note on the Theory of Diffraction" (deposited on the following day). The document ends with what we now call the Fresnel integrals.
- July 29 » French physicist Augustin Fresnel submits his prizewinning "Memoir on the Diffraction of Light", precisely accounting for the limited extent to which light spreads into shadows, and thereby demolishing the oldest objection to the wave theory of light.
- September 7 » Carl III of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.
Weather February 25, 1818
The temperature on February 25, 1818 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.