Family tree Hagen-Bouwmeester » Michael Simons (1777-1868)

Christening day February 17, 1776

• The temperature on February 17, 1776 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. 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 1776: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 10 » American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
  • April 6 » American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.
  • June 28 » American Revolutionary War: Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
  • September 15 » American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.
  • September 21 » Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.
  • December 7 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.

Day of marriage July 7, 1799

• The temperature on July 7, 1799 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1799: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 16 » French Revolutionary Wars: The Battle of Mount Tabor: Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre.
  • May 27 » War of the Second Coalition: Austrian forces defeat the French at Winterthur, Switzerland.
  • June 18 » Action of 18 June 1799: A frigate squadron under Rear-admiral Perrée is captured by the British fleet under Lord Keith.
  • July 15 » The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign.
  • August 23 » Napoleon I of France leaves Egypt for France en route to seizing power.
  • December 3 » War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Wiesloch: Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal Anton Sztáray defeats the French at Wiesloch.

Day of death April 24, 1868

• The temperature on April 24, 1868 was about 14.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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 June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
• From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
• In the year 1868: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • April 10 » At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two British/Indian troops die.
  • September 23 » Grito de Lares ("Lares Revolt") occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.
  • November 2 » Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally.
  • November 3 » John Willis Menard (R-Louisiana) was the first African American elected to the United States Congress. Because of an electoral challenge, he was never seated.
  • December 11 » Paraguayan War: Brazilian troops defeat Paraguayan at the Battle of Avay.
  • December 24 » The Greek Presidential Guard is established as the royal escort by King George I.

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• 1852 » Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet and translator (b. 1783)
• 1889 » Zulma Carraud, French author (b. 1796)
• 1891 » Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, German field marshal (b. 1800)
• 1924 » G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist and academic (b. 1844)
• 1931 » David Kldiashvili, Georgian author and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1935 » Anastasios Papoulas, Greek general (b. 1857)