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Day of marriage July 5, 1851

• The temperature on July 5, 1851 was about 15.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. 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 Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1851: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
  • May 15 » The first Australian gold rush is proclaimed, although the discovery had been made three months earlier.
  • August 22 » The first America's Cup is won by the yacht America.
  • November 13 » The Denny Party lands at Alki Point, before moving to the other side of Elliott Bay to what would become Seattle.
  • November 14 » Moby-Dick, a novel by Herman Melville, is published in the USA.
  • December 8 » Conservative Santiago-based government troops defeat rebels at the Battle of Loncomilla, signaling the end of the 1851 Chilean Revolution.
  • December 9 » The first YMCA in North America is established in Montreal.

Day of death December 21, 1911

• The temperature on December 21, 1911 was between 4.6 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • January 5 » Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's third oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
  • January 12 » The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
  • April 6 » During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).
  • April 27 » Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
  • July 7 » The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.
  • November 11 » Many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1889 » Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1809)
• 1920 » Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, Somalian general, founded the Dervish movement (b. 1856)
• 1929 » I. L. Patterson, American politician, 18th Governor of Oregon (b. 1859)
• 1933 » Knud Rasmussen, Greenlandic anthropologist and explorer (b. 1879)
• 1935 » Kurt Tucholsky, German-Swedish journalist and author (b. 1890)
• 1935 » Ted Birnie, English footballer and manager (b. 1878)