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Christening day July 7, 1793

• The temperature on July 7, 1793 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: helder. 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 1793: Source: Wikipedia
  • June 10 » The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris. A year later, it becomes the first public zoo.
  • July 9 » The Act Against Slavery in Upper Canada bans the importation of slaves and will free those who are born into slavery after the passage of the Act at 25 years of age.
  • August 8 » The insurrection of Lyon occurs during the French Revolution.
  • September 17 » War of the Pyrenees: France defeats a Spanish force at the Battle of Peyrestortes.
  • September 18 » The first cornerstone of the United States Capitol is laid by George Washington.
  • December 9 » New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.

Day of marriage December 8, 1813

• The temperature on December 8, 1813 was about 1.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken mist. 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 1813: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 20 » Manuel Belgrano defeats the royalist army of Pío de Tristán during the Battle of Salta.
  • March 4 » Cyril VI of Constantinople is elected Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
  • May 27 » War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George.
  • June 6 » The Battle of Stoney Creek, considered a critical turning point in the War of 1812. A British force of 700 under John Vincent defeats an American force twice its size under William Winder and John Chandler.
  • August 23 » At the Battle of Großbeeren, the Prussians under Von Bülow repulse the French army.
  • October 26 » War of 1812: A combined force of British regulars, Canadian militia, and Mohawks defeat the Americans in the Battle of the Chateauguay.

Day of death December 15, 1880

• The temperature on December 15, 1880 was about 9.1 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 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 1880: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 27 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
  • February 13 » Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission.
  • May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
  • June 7 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
  • June 29 » France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".
  • July 27 » Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.

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• 1819 » Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (b. 1749)
• 1855 » Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician and academic (b. 1803)
• 1878 » Alfred Bird, English chemist and businessman, invented baking powder (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa Lakota tribal chief (b. 1831)
• 1943 » Fats Waller, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1904)
• 1944 » Glenn Miller, American bandleader and composer (b. 1904)