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Christening day December 3, 1837

• The temperature on December 3, 1837 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken zwaar mist. 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 1837: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
  • March 4 » The city of Chicago is incorporated.
  • June 20 » Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.
  • November 8 » Mary Lyon founds Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, which later becomes Mount Holyoke College.
  • November 17 » An earthquake in Valdivia, south-central Chile, causes a tsunami that leads to significant destruction along Japan's coast.
  • December 7 » The Battle of Montgomery's Tavern, the only battle of the Upper Canada Rebellion, takes place in Toronto, where the rebels are quickly defeated.
  • December 17 » A fire in the Winter Palace of Saint Petersburg kills 30 guards.

Day of marriage January 2, 1873

• The temperature on January 2, 1873 was about 6.2 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
• In the year 1873: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • May 9 » Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
  • May 20 » Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
  • May 23 » The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
  • August 4 » American Indian Wars: While protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Cheyenne and Lakota people near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed.
  • September 18 » The bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, contributing to the Panic of 1873.
  • November 22 » The French steamer SS Ville du Havre sinks in 12 minutes after colliding with the Scottish iron clipper Loch Earn in the Atlantic, with a loss of 226 lives.

Day of death November 17, 1901

• The average temperature on November 17, 1901 was 2.8 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (64%). 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
  • March 23 » Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, was captured at Palanan, Isabela by the forces of General Frederick Funston.
  • June 11 » The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
  • June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
  • July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
  • September 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.
  • October 29 » Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.

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• 1891 » José María Iglesias, Mexican politician and interim President (1876-1877) (b. 1823)
• 1897 » George Hendric Houghton, American pastor and theologian (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh theologian and educator (b. 1847)
• 1905 » Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, (b. 1817)
• 1910 » Ralph Johnstone, American pilot (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1840)