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Day of marriage July 23, 1858

• The temperature on July 23, 1858 was about 17.0 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
• From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
• In the year 1858: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
  • January 14 » Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt made by Felice Orsini and his accomplices in Paris.
  • April 16 » The Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is wound up.
  • May 11 » Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd state of the United States.
  • June 18 » Charles Darwin receives a paper from Alfred Russel Wallace that includes nearly identical conclusions about evolution as Darwin's own, prompting Darwin to publish his theory.
  • August 2 » The Government of India Act 1858 replaces Company rule in India with that of the British Raj.
  • August 11 » The Eiger in the Bernese Alps is ascended for the first time by Charles Barrington accompanied by Christian Almer and Peter Bohren.

Day of death January 12, 1892

• The temperature on January 12, 1892 was about -1.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • May 28 » In San Francisco, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.
  • June 11 » The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
  • October 12 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools.
  • October 13 » Edward Emerson Barnard discovers first comet discovered by photographic means.
  • December 9 » English football club Newcastle United is founded.
  • December 17 » First issue of Vogue is published.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1892 » James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (b. 1820)
• 1892 » William Reeves, Irish bishop and historian (b. 1815)
• 1899 » Hiram Walker, American businessman, founded Canadian Club (b. 1816)
• 1909 » Hermann Minkowski, Lithuanian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1864)
• 1911 » Andreas Papagiannakopoulos, Greek journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1845)
• 1916 » Georgios Theotokis, Greek lawyer and politician, 80th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)