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Christening day March 8, 1789

• The temperature on March 8, 1789 was about -4 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: omtrent betrokken sneeuw. 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 1789: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 7 » Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
  • May 5 » In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
  • June 8 » James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in Congress.
  • June 14 » Mutiny on the Bounty: HMSBounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 7,400km (4,600mi) journey in an open boat.
  • July 27 » The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
  • October 2 » The United States Bill of Rights is sent to the various States for ratification.

Day of marriage April 15, 1813

• The temperature on April 15, 1813 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 1813: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 24 » South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator").
  • May 27 » War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George.
  • June 24 » Battle of Beaver Dams: A British and Indian combined force defeats the United States Army.
  • August 11 » In Colombia, Juan del Corral declares the independence of Antioquia.
  • September 11 » War of 1812: British troops arrive in Mount Vernon and prepare to march to and invade Washington, D.C..
  • December 30 » War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York.

Day of death January 14, 1868

• The temperature on January 14, 1868 was about 6.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 22 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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 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).
• From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
• In the year 1868: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • April 7 » Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation, is assassinated by a Fenian activist.
  • May 14 » Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward.
  • August 13 » The 8.5–9.0 M_w  Arica earthquake struck southern Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), causing 25,000+ deaths and a destructive basin wide tsunami that affected Hawaii and New Zealand.
  • October 7 » Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.
  • November 30 » A statue of King Charles XII of Sweden is inaugurated in Stockholm's Kungsträdgården.
  • December 24 » The Greek Presidential Guard is established as the royal escort by King George I.

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• 1867 » Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter and illustrator (b. 1780)
• 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 » Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (b. 1864)