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Day of marriage June 4, 1859

• The temperature on June 4, 1859 was about 17.1 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 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).
• In the year 1859: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
  • March 2 » The two-day Great Slave Auction, the largest such auction in United States history, begins.
  • May 31 » The clock tower at the Houses of Parliament, which houses Big Ben, starts keeping time.
  • June 15 » Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the "Northwestern Boundary Dispute" between American and British/Canadian settlers.
  • August 16 » The Grand Duchy of Tuscany formally deposes the exiled House of Lorraine.
  • August 28 » The Carrington event is the strongest geomagnetic storm on record to strike the Earth. Electrical telegraph service is widely disrupted.
  • September 17 » Joshua A. Norton declares himself "Norton I, Emperor of the United States."

Day of death January 15, 1922

• The temperature on January 15, 1922 was between -8.8 °C and -2.1 °C and averaged -5.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• 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.
• In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
  • June 29 » France grants 1km at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes".
  • July 9 » Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking the world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.
  • July 11 » The Hollywood Bowl opens.
  • July 20 » The League of Nations awards mandates of Togoland to France and Tanganyika to the United Kingdom.
  • August 22 » Michael Collins, Commander-in-chief of the Irish Free State Army, is shot dead in an ambush during the Irish Civil War.
  • August 30 » Battle of Dumlupınar: The final battle in the Greco-Turkish War ("Turkish War of Independence").

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Arnold Janssen, German priest and missionary (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian playwright and translator (b. 1850)
• 1919 » Karl Liebknecht, German politician (b. 1871)
• 1919 » Rosa Luxemburg, German economist, theorist, and philosopher (b. 1871)
• 1926 » Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1883)
• 1929 » George Cope, American painter (b. 1855)