The temperature on October 15, 1855 was about 10.8 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
June 4 » Major Henry C. Wayne departs New York aboard the USSSupply to procure camels to establish the U.S. Camel Corps.
July 1 » Signing of the Quinault Treaty: The Quinault and the Quileute cede their land to the United States.
July 4 » The first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems, Leaves of Grass, is published In Brooklyn.
August 1 » The first ascent of Monte Rosa, the second highest summit in the Alps.
September 3 » American Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under United States General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan massacre by attacking a Sioux village and killing 100 men, women and children.
November 16 » David Livingstone becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now Zambia-Zimbabwe.
Day of death December 24, 1923
The temperature on December 24, 1923 was between -2.1 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
August 23 » Captain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter performed the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.
September 1 » The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.
September 9 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party.
September 13 » Following a military coup in Spain, Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship.
September 29 » The French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon takes effect.
October 15 » The German Rentenmark is introduced in Germany to counter hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic.
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