Sluzigers (e.a.) » Herm Jans Lief (1791-1888)

Christening day December 18, 1791

• The temperature on December 18, 1791 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: betrokken mist. Source: KNMI
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1791: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 2 » Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, North America, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War.
  • May 15 » French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance.
  • July 14 » The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England.
  • August 4 » The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.
  • August 26 » John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
  • October 1 » First session of the French Legislative Assembly.

Day of marriage May 12, 1822

• The temperature on May 12, 1822 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 1822: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 14 » Greek War of Independence: Acrocorinth is captured by Theodoros Kolokotronis and Demetrios Ypsilantis.
  • January 15 » Greek War of Independence: Demetrios Ypsilantis is elected president of the legislative assembly.
  • February 24 » The first Swaminarayan temple in the world, Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad, is inaugurated.
  • July 2 » Thirty-five slaves, including Denmark Vesey, are hanged in South Carolina after being accused of organizing a slave rebellion.
  • September 27 » Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta Stone.
  • November 16 » American Old West: Missouri trader William Becknell arrives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, over a route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail.

Day of death February 28, 1888

• The temperature on February 28, 1888 was about -5.5 °C. The air pressure was 28 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 13 » The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
  • March 20 » The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
  • August 31 » Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
  • September 8 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
  • September 30 » Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
  • October 15 » The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1857 » André Dumont, Belgian geologist and academic (b. 1809)
• 1869 » Alphonse de Lamartine, French author and poet (b. 1790)
• 1879 » Hortense Allart, Italian-French author (b. 1801)
• 1891 » George Hearst, American businessman and politician (b. 1820)
• 1916 » Henry James, American novelist, short writer, and critic (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st President of Germany (b. 1871)