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Christening day July 6, 1817

• The temperature on July 6, 1817 was about 17.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt 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 1817: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 12 » An Argentine/Chilean patriotic army, after crossing the Andes, defeats Spanish troops at the Battle of Chacabuco.
  • April 15 » Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc founded the American School for the Deaf, the first American school for deaf students, in Hartford, Connecticut.
  • May 15 » Opening of the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason (now Friends Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).
  • June 5 » The first Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, is launched.
  • July 4 » In Rome, New York, construction on the Erie Canal begins.
  • December 10 » Mississippi becomes the 20th U.S. state.

Day of marriage January 18, 1861

• The temperature on January 18, 1861 was about -0.3 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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 February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
• From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
• In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 9 » American Civil War: "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina.
  • January 26 » American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.
  • February 11 » American Civil War: The United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
  • May 24 » American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia.
  • May 29 » The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce is founded, in Hong Kong.
  • August 5 » The United States Army abolishes flogging.

Day of death January 14, 1886

• The temperature on January 14, 1886 was about 2.0 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1886: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • February 23 » Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of aluminium from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall.
  • March 29 » John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta.
  • April 8 » William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
  • June 30 » The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
  • July 3 » Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
  • July 3 » The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1874 » Johann Philipp Reis, German physicist and academic, invented the Reis telephone (b. 1834)
• 1883 » Napoléon Coste, French guitarist and composer (b. 1806)
• 1888 » Stephen Heller, Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1813)
• 1889 » Ema Pukšec, Croatian soprano (b. 1834)
• 1892 » Alexander J. Davis, American architect (b. 1803)
• 1892 » Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (b. 1864)