The temperature on October 23, 1847 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: storm(achtig). 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).
January 6 » Samuel Colt obtains his first contract for the sale of revolver pistols to the United States government.
January 16 » John C. Frémont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory.
February 22 » Mexican–American War: The Battle of Buena Vista: Five thousand American troops defeat 15,000 Mexican troops.
October 9 » Slavery in the British and French Caribbean: Slavery is abolished in Saint Barthélemy.
November 4 » Sir James Young Simpson, a Scottish physician, discovers the anaesthetic properties of chloroform.
November 29 » Whitman massacre: Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War.
Day of marriage December 11, 1867
The temperature on December 11, 1867 was about 6.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
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).
January 8 » African American men are granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C.
February 17 » The first ship passes through the Suez Canal.
March 30 » Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2-cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward.
October 18 » United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.
November 23 » The Manchester Martyrs are hanged in Manchester, England, for killing a police officer while freeing two Irish Republican Brotherhood members from custody.
December 13 » A Fenian bomb explodes in Clerkenwell, London, killing six.
Day of death December 27, 1944
The temperature on December 27, 1944 was between -9.9 °C and 1.2 °C and averaged -4.3 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
March 30 » World War II: Allied bombers conduct their most severe bombing run on Sofia, Bulgaria.
August 9 » The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time.
August 23 » World War II: King Michael of Romania dismisses the pro-Nazi government of Marshal Antonescu, who is arrested. Romania switches sides from the Axis to the Allies.
October 2 » World War II: German troops end the Warsaw Uprising.
October 6 » World War II: Units of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps enter Czechoslovakia during the Battle of the Dukla Pass.
November 7 » Soviet spy Richard Sorge, a half-Russian, half-German World War I veteran, is hanged by his Japanese captors along with 34 of his ring.
Day of burial December 30, 1944
The temperature on December 30, 1944 was between -2.9 °C and 3.2 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 5 » The Daily Mail becomes the first major London newspaper to be published on both sides of the Atlantic.
January 29 » In Bologna, Italy, the Anatomical theatre of the Archiginnasio is completely destroyed in an air-raid, during the Second World War.
March 9 » World War II: Soviet Army planes attack Tallinn, Estonia.
June 5 » World War II: More than 1,000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on the Normandy coast in preparation for D-Day.
June 20 » The experimental MW 18014 V-2 rocket reaches an altitude of 176km, becoming the first man-made object to reach outer space.
October 21 » World War II: The city of Aachen falls to American forces after three weeks of fighting, making it the first German city to fall to the Allies.
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