Sherren Family Tree » Adolphe Wilhelm August Karl Friedrich Nassau- Weilburg (Grand Duke of Luxembourg) (1817-1905)
Personal data Adolphe Wilhelm August Karl Friedrich Nassau- Weilburg (Grand Duke of Luxembourg)
Source 1- Alternative name: Adolphe Wilhelm August Karl Friedrich
- He was born on July 24, 1817 in Biebrich Palace, Duchy of Nassau.Source 2
- Alternative: He was born in the year 1817.
- Religion: in the year 1817 Calvinism.Source 2
- (The Royal Coat of Arms) in the year 1817: "NASSAU-WEILBURG".Source 2
- He died on November 17, 1905 in Hohenburg Castle, Germany, he was 88 years old.Source 2
- He is buried in the year 1905 in Weilburg, Hessen, Germany.Source 2
Schlosskirche (“Castle Church”)
- A child of George Wilhelm August Heinrich Belgicus Nassau- Weilburg and Charlotte Luise Friederike Amalie Alexandrine Saxe-Hildburghausen
Household of Adolphe Wilhelm August Karl Friedrich Nassau- Weilburg (Grand Duke of Luxembourg)
(1) He is married to Elizabeth Mikhailovna.
They got married on January 31, 1844 at St. Petersburg, Russia, he was 26 years old.Source 2
Child(ren):
- daughter Nassau- Weilburg 1845-????
(2) He is married to Adelheid-Marie Nassau-Weilburg.
They got married on April 23, 1851 at Dessau, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany, he was 33 years old.Source 1
Child(ren):
- William iv Nassau 1852-1912
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- www.Wikipedia.org, Adelheid's personal biography
- www.Wikipedia.org, Adolphe's personal biography
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Birthday July 24, 1817
- The temperature on July 24, 1817 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt omtrent betrokken. Source: KNMI
- 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).
- In the year 1817: Source: Wikipedia
- January 19 » An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, crosses the Andes from Argentina to liberate Chile and then Peru.
- February 8 » Las Heras crosses the Andes with an army to join San Martín and liberate Chile from Spain.
- April 15 » Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc founded the American School for the Deaf, the first American school for deaf students, in Hartford, Connecticut.
- June 5 » The first Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, is launched.
- July 4 » In Rome, New York, construction on the Erie Canal begins.
- October 16 » Simón Bolívar sentences Manuel Piar to death for challenging the racial-caste in Venezuela.
Day of marriage April 23, 1851
- The temperature on April 23, 1851 was about 14.3 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. Source: KNMI
- 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).
- 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 1851: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
- March 11 » The first performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice.
- April 2 » Rama IV is crowned King of Thailand.
- August 12 » Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine.
- December 2 » French President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic.
- December 9 » The first YMCA in North America is established in Montreal.
- December 29 » The first American YMCA opens in Boston, Massachusetts.
Day of death November 17, 1905
- The temperature on November 17, 1905 was between -3.5 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
- 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 year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
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- August 13 » Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
- August 20 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary, forms the first chapter of T'ung Meng Hui, a union of all secret societies determined to bringing down the Manchus.
- November 12 » Norway holds a referendum resulting in popular approval of the Storting's decision to authorise the government to make the offer of the throne of the newly independent country.
- December 9 » In France, the law separating church and state is passed.
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