Family tree familie Jansen » Harmen Hiddink (1792-1879)

Christening day November 4, 1792

• The temperature on November 4, 1792 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. 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 9 » Treaty of Jassy between Russian and Ottoman Empire is signed.
  • March 16 » King Gustav III of Sweden is shot; he dies on March 29.
  • 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 21 » Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered.
  • July 25 » The Brunswick Manifesto is issued to the population of Paris promising vengeance if the French royal family is harmed.
  • August 13 » King Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.

Day of marriage May 18, 1819

• The temperature on May 18, 1819 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: helder. 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 1819: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 6 » Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Singapore.
  • February 19 » British explorer William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands and claims them in the name of King George III.
  • May 22 » SSSavannah leaves port at Savannah, Georgia, United States, on a voyage to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
  • June 20 » The U.S. vessel SSSavannah arrives at Liverpool, United Kingdom. It is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, although most of the journey is made under sail.
  • July 1 » Johann Georg Tralles discovers the Great Comet of 1819, (C/1819 N1). It was the first comet analyzed using polarimetry, by François Arago.
  • December 14 » Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state.

Day of death February 25, 1879

• The air pressure was 25 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 23 » Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift ends.
  • May 14 » The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
  • June 1 » Napoléon Eugène, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
  • July 4 » Anglo-Zulu War: The Zululand capital of Ulundi is captured by British troops and burned to the ground, ending the war and forcing King Cetshwayo to flee.
  • August 28 » Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
  • October 8 » War of the Pacific: The Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1852 » Thomas Moore, Irish poet and lyricist (b. 1779)
• 1865 » Otto Ludwig, German author, playwright, and critic (b. 1813)
• 1870 » Henrik Hertz, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1797)
• 1877 » Jung Bahadur Rana, Nepalese ruler (b. 1816)
• 1878 » Townsend Harris, American merchant, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Japan (b. 1804)
• 1899 » Paul Reuter, German-English journalist and businessman, founded Reuters (b. 1816)