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Christening day June 13, 1756

• The temperature on June 13, 1756 was about 15.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: regen geheel 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)
• Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1756: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 18 » The Seven Years' War begins when Great Britain declares war on France.
  • June 20 » A British garrison is imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta.
  • July 30 » In Saint Petersburg, Bartolomeo Rastrelli presents the newly built Catherine Palace to Empress Elizabeth and her courtiers.
  • August 29 » Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War in Europe.
  • September 8 » French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition.

Day of marriage December 26, 1773

• The temperature on December 26, 1773 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: vochtig donker. 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 1773: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 1 » The hymn that became known as "Amazing Grace", then titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17" is first used to accompany a sermon led by John Newton in the town of Olney, Buckinghamshire, England.
  • January 17 » Captain James Cook leads the first expedition to sail south of the Antarctic Circle.
  • May 10 » The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by reducing taxes on its tea and granting it the right to sell tea directly to North America. The legislation leads to the Boston Tea Party.
  • June 17 » Cúcuta, Colombia, is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar.
  • October 12 » America's first insane asylum opens.
  • October 14 » The first recorded ministry of education, the Commission of National Education, is formed in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Day of death July 1, 1814

• The temperature on July 1, 1814 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: omtrent betrokken regen. 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 1814: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 29 » War of the Sixth Coalition: France defeats Russia and Prussia in the Battle of Brienne.
  • January 31 » Gervasio Antonio de Posadas becomes Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (present-day Argentina).
  • March 4 » Americans defeat British forces at the Battle of Longwoods between London, Ontario and Thamesville, near present-day Wardsville, Ontario.
  • July 24 » War of 1812: General Phineas Riall advances toward the Niagara River to halt Jacob Brown's American invaders.
  • September 14 » Battle of Baltimore: The poem Defence of Fort McHenry is written by Francis Scott Key. The poem is later used as the lyrics of The Star-Spangled Banner.
  • December 24 » Representatives of the United Kingdom and the United States sign the Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1774 » Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1705)
• 1782 » Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, English admiral and politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (b. 1730)
• 1784 » Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German organist and composer (b. 1710)
• 1787 » Charles de Rohan, French marshal (b. 1715)
• 1819 » the Public Universal Friend, American evangelist (b. 1752)
• 1839 » Mahmud II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1785)