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Christening day December 16, 1792

• The temperature on December 16, 1792 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. 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 1792: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 16 » King Gustav III of Sweden is shot; he dies on March 29.
  • April 5 » United States President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
  • April 21 » Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered.
  • April 25 » "La Marseillaise" (the French national anthem) is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.
  • May 11 » Robert Gray commands the first expedition to sail into the Columbia River.
  • October 12 » The first celebration of Columbus Day is held in New York City.

Day of marriage June 21, 1855

• The temperature on June 21, 1855 was about 13.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. 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 April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
• In the year 1855: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
  • January 28 » A locomotive on the Panama Canal Railway runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean for the first time.
  • February 12 » Michigan State University is established.
  • March 2 » Alexander II becomes Tsar of Russia.
  • March 30 » Origins of the American Civil War: "Border Ruffians" from Missouri invade Kansas and force election of a pro-slavery legislature.
  • July 4 » The first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems, Leaves of Grass, is published In Brooklyn.
  • August 1 » The first ascent of Monte Rosa, the second highest summit in the Alps.

Day of death July 25, 1863

• The temperature on July 25, 1863 was about 16.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • May 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with the defeat of the Army of the Potomac by the Army of Northern Virginia.
  • June 7 » During the French intervention in Mexico, Mexico City is captured by French troops.
  • July 19 » American Civil War: Morgan's Raid: At Buffington Island in Ohio, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's raid into the north is mostly thwarted when a large group of his men are captured while trying to escape across the Ohio River.
  • October 30 » Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes.
  • November 26 » United States President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November. Following the Franksgiving controversy from 1939 to 1941, it has been observed on the fourth Thursday in 1942 and subsequent years.
  • November 27 » American Civil War: Battle of Mine Run: Union forces under General George Meade take up positions against troops led by Confederate General Robert E. Lee.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1834 » Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English philosopher, poet, and critic (b. 1772)
• 1842 » Dominique Jean Larrey, French physician and surgeon (b. 1766)
• 1843 » Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and engineer (b. 1766)
• 1861 » Jonas Furrer, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1805)
• 1865 » James Barry, English soldier and surgeon (b. 1799)
• 1887 » John Taylor, American religious leader, 3rd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1808)