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Christening day December 11, 1831

• The temperature on December 11, 1831 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder nevel winderig. 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 1831: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
  • February 14 » Ras Marye of Yejju marches into Tigray and defeats and kills Dejazmach Sabagadis in the Battle of Debre Abbay.
  • July 13 » Regulamentul Organic, a quasi-constitutional organic law is adopted in Wallachia, one of the two Danubian Principalities that were to become the basis of Romania.
  • August 23 » Nat Turner's slave rebellion is suppressed.
  • September 8 » William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
  • November 11 » In Jerusalem, Virginia, Nat Turner is hanged after inciting a violent slave uprising.
  • November 17 » Ecuador and Venezuela are separated from Gran Colombia.

Day of marriage February 15, 1904

• The temperature on February 15, 1904 was between -1.0 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
  • January 23 » Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.
  • February 8 » Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
  • April 5 » The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh and Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
  • May 5 » Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
  • October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.
  • December 7 » Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMSSpiteful and HMSPeterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.

Day of death March 23, 1908

• The temperature on March 23, 1908 was between 2.2 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
  • January 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
  • April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
  • June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.
  • July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
  • September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
  • October 14 » The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning the 2016 World Series.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Nadar, French photographer, journalist, and author (b. 1820)
• 1914 » Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès, Lebanese saint (b. 1832)
• 1923 » Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenian poet and author (b. 1869)
• 1927 » Paul César Helleu, French painter and etcher (b. 1859)
• 1931 » Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Shivaram Rajguru, Indian activist (b. 1908)