Family tree Eilander » Elsjen van der Scheer (Hendriks) (1791-1861)

Christening day October 16, 1791

• The temperature on October 16, 1791 was about 11.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly north-northeast. 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 1791: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 4 » Vermont is admitted to the United States as the fourteenth state.
  • May 3 » The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
  • July 14 » The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England.
  • August 7 » American troops destroy the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua near the site of present-day Logansport, Indiana in the Northwest Indian War.
  • August 14 » Slaves from plantations in Saint-Domingue hold a Vodou ceremony led by houngan Dutty Boukman at Bois Caïman, marking the start of the Haitian Revolution.
  • September 14 » The Papal States lose Avignon to Revolutionary France.

Day of marriage January 21, 1832

• The temperature on January 21, 1832 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: betrokken mist. 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 1832: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
  • February 12 » Ecuador annexes the Galápagos Islands.
  • March 24 » In Hiram, Ohio, a group of men beat and tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith.
  • June 5 » The June Rebellion breaks out in Paris in an attempt to overthrow the monarchy of Louis Philippe.
  • June 6 » The June Rebellion in Paris is put down by the National Guard.
  • July 10 » U.S. President Andrew Jackson vetoes a bill that would re-charter the Second Bank of the United States.
  • October 1 » Texian political delegates convene at San Felipe de Austin to petition for changes in the governance of Mexican Texas.

Day of death June 11, 1861

• The temperature on June 11, 1861 was about 19.5 °C. The air pressure was 4.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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 February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
• From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
• In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 21 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
  • April 13 » American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces.
  • May 24 » American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia.
  • August 5 » American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US$800; rescinded in 1872).
  • November 1 » American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as the commander of the Union Army, replacing General Winfield Scott.
  • December 21 » Medal of Honor: Public Resolution 82, containing a provision for a Navy Medal of Valor, is signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1847 » John Franklin, English admiral and politician (b. 1786)
• 1852 » Karl Bryullov, Russian painter (b. 1799)
• 1859 » Klemens von Metternich, German-Austrian politician, 1st State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire (b. 1773)
• 1879 » William, Prince of Orange (b. 1840)
• 1882 » Louis Désiré Maigret, French bishop (b. 1804)
• 1885 » Matías Ramos Mejía, Argentinian colonel (b. 1810)