Family tree Eilander » Gerhardina Harmanna Rietberg (1792-1860)

Christening day March 18, 1792

• The temperature on March 18, 1792 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-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 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 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 25 » Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine.
  • September 2 » During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers.

Day of marriage March 6, 1817

• The temperature on March 6, 1817 was about 5.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind 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 1817: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 19 » An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, crosses the Andes from Argentina to liberate Chile and then Peru.
  • February 8 » Las Heras crosses the Andes with an army to join San Martín and liberate Chile from Spain.
  • February 12 » An Argentine/Chilean patriotic army, after crossing the Andes, defeats Spanish troops at the Battle of Chacabuco.
  • July 4 » In Rome, New York, construction on the Erie Canal begins.
  • October 16 » Simón Bolívar sentences Manuel Piar to death for challenging the racial-caste in Venezuela.
  • October 17 » The tomb of Pharaoh Seti I is discovered.

Day of death June 6, 1860

• The temperature on June 6, 1860 was about 17.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%. 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 March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
• 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).
• In the year 1860: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The first Polish stamp is issued, replacing the Russian stamps previously in use.
  • March 5 » Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
  • March 28 » First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
  • April 9 » On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.
  • May 18 » Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State.
  • September 20 » The future King Edward VII of the United Kingdom begins the first visit to North America by a Prince of Wales.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1840 » Marcellin Champagnat, French priest and saint, founded the Marist Brothers (b. 1789)
• 1843 » Friedrich Hölderlin, German poet and author (b. 1770)
• 1861 » Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Italian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1810)
• 1862 » Turner Ashby, American colonel (b. 1828)
• 1865 » William Quantrill, American captain (b. 1837)
• 1878 » Robert Stirling, Scottish minister and engineer, invented the stirling engine (b. 1790)