Family tree Dunning » Hendrik Peletier (1792-1868)

Christening day December 30, 1792

• The temperature on December 30, 1792 was about 5.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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
  • January 25 » The London Corresponding Society is founded.
  • February 20 » The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington.
  • March 29 » King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.
  • April 2 » The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.
  • April 25 » "La Marseillaise" (the French national anthem) is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.
  • May 21 » A lava dome collapses on Mount Unzen, near the city of Shimbara on the Japanese island of Kyūshū, creating a deadly tsunami that kills nearly 15,000 people.

Day of marriage November 17, 1825

• The temperature on November 17, 1825 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken winderig 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 1825: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 4 » The Ohio Legislature authorizes the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal.
  • February 12 » The Creek cede the last of their lands in Georgia to the United States government by the Treaty of Indian Springs, and migrate west.
  • August 25 » Uruguay declares its independence from Brazil.
  • October 9 » Restauration arrives in New York Harbor from Norway, the first organized immigration from Norway to the United States.
  • November 26 » At Union College in Schenectady, New York, a group of college students form the Kappa Alpha Society, the first college social fraternity.
  • December 26 » Advocates of liberalism in Russia rise up against Czar Nicholas I but are suppressed in the Decembrist revolt in Saint Petersburg.

Day of death January 18, 1868

• The temperature on January 18, 1868 was about 7.8 °C. The air pressure was 27 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
• 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 1868: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 3 » Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power.
  • January 27 » Boshin War: The Battle of Toba–Fushimi begins, between forces of the Tokugawa shogunate and pro-Imperial factions; it will end in defeat for the shogunate, and is a pivotal point in the Meiji Restoration.
  • April 10 » At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two British/Indian troops die.
  • September 28 » The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
  • October 7 » Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.
  • October 10 » The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1849 » Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician (b. 1752)
• 1862 » John Tyler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the United States (b. 1790)
• 1873 » Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, poet, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1803)
• 1878 » Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist and academic (b. 1788)
• 1886 » Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819)
• 1892 » Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1819)