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Day of marriage May 17, 1845

• The temperature on May 17, 1845 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: betrokken 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 1845: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
  • March 11 » Flagstaff War: Unhappy with translational differences regarding the Treaty of Waitangi, chiefs Hone Heke, Kawiti and Māori tribe members chop down the British flagpole for a fourth time and drive settlers out of Kororareka, New Zealand.
  • March 25 » New Zealand Legislative Council pass the first Militia Act constituting the New Zealand Army.
  • July 4 » Henry David Thoreau moves into a small cabin on Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. Thoreau's account of his two years there, Walden, will become a touchstone of the environmental movement.
  • July 19 » Great New York City Fire of 1845: The last great fire to affect Manhattan begins early in the morning and is subdued that afternoon. The fire kills four firefighters and 26 civilians and destroys 345 buildings.
  • September 23 » The Knickerbockers Baseball Club, the first baseball team to play under the modern rules, is founded in New York.
  • October 10 » In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 students.

Day of death September 9, 1888

• The temperature on September 9, 1888 was about 12.2 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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.
  • March 11 » The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
  • March 20 » The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
  • April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
  • October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
  • October 29 » The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.
  • October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.

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• 1891 » Jules Grévy, French politician, 4th President of the French Republic (b. 1813)
• 1893 » Friedrich Traugott Kützing, German pharmacist, botanist and phycologist (b. 1807)
• 1898 » Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet and critic (b. 1842)
• 1901 » Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter and illustrator (b. 1864)
• 1907 » Ernest Wilberforce, English bishop (b. 1840)
• 1909 » E. H. Harriman, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1848)