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Died on Sunday February 29, 1824
- Catharina Vossen (30), Soerendonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Catherine DIETEMANN (69), Traubach-le-Haut (68210, Haut-Rhin, France)
- Cornelis Jansz. Steen (29), Terschelling
- Arnoldus van Zutphen (77), Utrecht
- Beatrix Goris, Wijnegem, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Aalken Velner (75), Rectum (Wierden)
- Barbara Sijnen (70), Amersfoort
- Carolina van Wassenaar Starrenburg (74), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Anthonia Gerritsdr Tettero (48)
- Catrina Vollenberg (83), Venray
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 29, 1824 at Delpher
Born on February 29
- 1792 » Gioachino Rossini, Italian composer († 1868)
- 1812 » James Milne Wilson, Scottish-Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Tasmania (d. February 29, 1880)
- 1828 » Emmeline B. Wells, American journalist, poet, and activist († 1921)
- 1836 » Dickey Pearce, American baseball player and manager († 1908)
- 1852 » Frank Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian lawyer and judge, 4th Chief Justice of Australia († 1936)
- 1860 » Herman Hollerith, American statistician and businessman, co-founded the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company († 1929)
- 1876 » William Stewart, Scottish footballer
- 1884 » Richard S. Aldrich, American lawyer and politician († 1941)
- 1892 » Augusta Savage, American sculptor († 1962)
- 1896 » Morarji Desai, Indian civil servant and politician, 4th Prime Minister of India († 1995)
Died on February 29
- 1740 » Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal (b. 1667)
- 1744 » John Theophilus Desaguliers, French-English physicist and philosopher (b. 1683)
- 1792 » Johann Andreas Stein, German piano builder (b. 1728)
- 1820 » Johann Joachim Eschenburg, German historian and critic (b. 1743)
- 1848 » Louis-François Lejeune, French general, painter and lithographer (b. 1775)
- 1852 » Matsudaira Katataka, Japanese daimyō (b. 1806)
- 1868 » Ludwig I of Bavaria (b. 1786)
- 1880 » James Milne Wilson, Scottish-Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Tasmania (b. February 29, 1812)
- 1908 » Pat Garrett, American sheriff (b. 1850)
- 1920 » Ernie Courtney, American baseball player (b. 1875)
Names that were popular for boys in 1824
- Jan
- Johannes
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Cornelis
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Jacob
- Jacobus
- Petrus
- Joannes
- Franciscus
- Joseph
- Klaas
- Dirk
- Adrianus
Names that were popular for girls in 1824
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Cornelia
- Adriana
- Aaltje
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Elizabeth
- Grietje
- Trijntje
- Antje
- Neeltje
- Petronella
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1824
- 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).
- March 17 » The Anglo-Dutch Treaty is signed in London, dividing the Malay archipelago. As a result, the Malay Peninsula is dominated by the British, while Sumatra and Java and surrounding areas are dominated by the Dutch.
- May 7 » World premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Vienna, Austria. The performance is conducted by Michael Umlauf under the composer's supervision.
- July 25 » Costa Rica annexes Guanacaste from Nicaragua.
- August 5 » Greek War of Independence: Constantine Kanaris leads a Greek fleet to victory against Ottoman and Egyptian naval forces in the Battle of Samos.
- October 21 » Portland cement is patented.
- December 1 » United States presidential election: Since no candidate received a majority of the total electoral college votes in the election, the United States House of Representatives is given the task of deciding the winner in accordance with the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
The weather on Sunday February 29, 1824
The temperature on February 29, 1824 was about 2.0 °C. There was 308 mm of rainWind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: .
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI