Genealogy Hulst - de Rijk, Pol - Straatman en Overige Hulst lijnen in Nederland » Jan Jacobs "Jan" Bredewout (1790-1862)

Christening day December 19, 1790

• The temperature on December 19, 1790 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: omtrent 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 1790: Source: Wikipedia
  • July 12 » The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly.
  • July 16 » The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act.
  • October 9 » A severe earthquake in northern Algeria causes severe damage and a tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea and kills three thousand.
  • October 22 » Northwest Indian War: Native American forces defeat the United States in the Harmar Campaign.
  • December 22 » The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies.
  • December 26 » Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution.

Day of marriage March 19, 1819

• The temperature on March 19, 1819 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: veel regen winderig half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
•  This page is only available in Dutch.
  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 1819: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 22 » By the Adams–Onís Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars.
  • May 22 » SSSavannah leaves port at Savannah, Georgia, United States, on a voyage to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
  • June 20 » The U.S. vessel SSSavannah arrives at Liverpool, United Kingdom. It is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, although most of the journey is made under sail.
  • July 3 » The Bank for Savings in the City of New-York, the first savings bank in the United States, opens.
  • August 6 » Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.
  • August 7 » Simón Bolívar triumphs over Spain in the Battle of Boyacá.

Day of death August 25, 1862

• The temperature on August 25, 1862 was about 12.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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 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 Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 5 » Moldavia and Wallachia formally unite to create the Romanian United Principalities.
  • February 16 » American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
  • February 22 » Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia. He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861.
  • September 15 » American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia (present-day Harpers Ferry, West Virginia).
  • September 18 » The Confederate States celebrate for the first and only time a Thanksgiving Day.
  • November 7 » American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside was assigned to command the Army of the Potomac in Antietam, Maryland. After Union General George B. McClellan refused to pursue Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia after their retreat from the Battle of Antietam.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1822 » William Herschel, German-English astronomer and composer (b. 1738)
• 1867 » Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist (b. 1791)
• 1882 » Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Estonian physician and author (b. 1803)
• 1886 » Zinovios Valvis, Greek lawyer and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1791)
• 1892 » William Champ, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1808)
• 1900 » Friedrich Nietzsche, German philologist, philosopher, and critic (b. 1844)