Sluzigers (e.a.) » Hendrik Mars (1815-1891)

Christening day January 22, 1815

• The temperature on January 22, 1815 was about -3 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw. 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 1815: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 8 » War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans: Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British.
  • March 1 » Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba.
  • March 9 » Francis Ronalds describes the first battery-operated clock in the Philosophical Magazine.
  • April 23 » The Second Serbian Uprising: A second phase of the national revolution of the Serbs against the Ottoman Empire, erupts shortly after the annexation of the country to the Ottoman Empire.
  • July 15 » Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders aboard HMSBellerophon.
  • October 15 » Napoleon begins his exile on Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.

Day of marriage February 7, 1860

• The temperature on February 7, 1860 was about 1.0 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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 March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
• From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
• In the year 1860: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
  • March 28 » First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
  • May 5 » Giuseppe Garibaldi sets sail from Genoa, leading the expedition of the Thousand to conquer the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and giving birth to the Kingdom of Italy.
  • August 5 » Charles XV of Sweden of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.
  • September 7 » Italian unification: Giuseppe Garibaldi enters Naples.
  • December 26 » The first ever inter-club English association football match takes place between Hallam and Sheffield football clubs in Sheffield.
  • December 29 » The launch of HMSWarrior, with her combination of screw propeller, iron hull and iron armour, renders all previous warships obsolete.

Day of death June 1, 1891

• The temperature on June 1, 1891 was about 18.6 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 31 » History of Portugal: The first attempt at a Portuguese republican revolution breaks out in the northern city of Porto.
  • May 5 » The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
  • May 16 » The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world's first long-distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form today).
  • July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.
  • August 18 » Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
  • August 24 » Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1868 » James Buchanan, American lawyer and politician, 15th President of the United States (b. 1791)
• 1872 » James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American publisher, founded the New York Herald (b. 1795)
• 1873 » Joseph Howe, Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1804)
• 1876 » Hristo Botev, Bulgarian poet and journalist (b. 1848)
• 1879 » Napoléon, Prince Imperial of France (b. 1856)
• 1908 » Allen Butler Talcott, American painter (b. 1867)