Family tree Bindt » Geertje Derlage (1789-1869)

Christening day July 12, 1789

• The temperature on July 12, 1789 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1789: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 21 » The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth by William Hill Brown, is printed in Boston.
  • May 5 » In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
  • September 24 » The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act, creating the office of the Attorney General and federal judiciary system and ordering the composition of the Supreme Court.
  • October 3 » George Washington proclaims a Thanksgiving Day for that year.
  • October 19 » John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.
  • November 21 » North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.

Day of marriage October 24, 1819

• The temperature on October 24, 1819 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt regen. 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 1819: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 19 » British explorer William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands and claims them in the name of King George III.
  • February 22 » By the Adams–Onís Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars.
  • March 15 » French physicist Augustin Fresnel is adjudged the winner of the Grand Prix of the Académie des Sciences for his "Memoir on the Diffraction of Light", which verifies the Fresnel integrals, accounts for the limited extent to which light spreads into shadows, and thereby demolishes Newton's initial objection to the wave theory of light.
  • May 22 » SSSavannah leaves port at Savannah, Georgia, United States, on a voyage to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
  • June 20 » The U.S. vessel SSSavannah arrives at Liverpool, United Kingdom. It is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, although most of the journey is made under sail.
  • August 6 » Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.

Day of death March 21, 1869

• The temperature on March 21, 1869 was about 10.5 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 37%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
• In the year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
  • June 27 » The Republic of Ezo on the island of Hokkaido ends after being defeated by Japanese Imperial troops.
  • August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
  • September 24 » Gold prices plummet after President Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.
  • October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.
  • November 22 » In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched

Source: Wikipedia

• 1843 » Robert Southey, English poet, historian, and translator (b. 1774)
• 1854 » Pedro María de Anaya, Mexican soldier. President (1847-1848) (b. 1795)
• 1863 » Edwin Vose Sumner, American general (b. 1797)
• 1869 » Juan Almonte, son of José María Morelos, was a Mexican soldier and diplomat who served as a regent in the Second Mexican Empire (1863-1864) (b. 1803)
• 1884 » Ezra Abbot, American scholar and academic (b. 1819)
• 1891 » Joseph E. Johnston, American general (b. 1807)