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Christening day April 29, 1768

• The temperature on April 29, 1768 was about 8.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: regen 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 1768: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 29 » Polish nobles form the Bar Confederation.
  • April 4 » In London, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus.
  • May 10 » Rioting occurs in London after John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III.
  • August 26 » Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMSEndeavour.
  • November 5 » Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the purpose of which is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies.
  • December 1 » The former slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøya in Norway.

Day of marriage December 28, 1787

• The temperature on December 28, 1787 was about 2.0 °C. 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 1787: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 25 » Shays's Rebellion: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the Springfield Armory, results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty.
  • May 25 » After a delay of 11 days, the United States Constitutional Convention formally convenes in Philadelphia after a quorum of seven states is secured.
  • July 13 » The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery.
  • October 1 » Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
  • October 29 » Mozart's opera Don Giovanni receives its first performance in Prague.
  • December 7 » Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.

Day of death January 23, 1834

• The temperature on January 23, 1834 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken veel 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 1834: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
  • February 3 » Wake Forest University is established (as Wake Forest Institute) in North Carolina, United States.
  • March 6 » York, Upper Canada, is incorporated as Toronto.
  • March 18 » Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle, Dorset, England are sentenced to be transported to Australia for forming a trade union.
  • May 30 » Minister of Justice Joaquim António de Aguiar issues a law seizing "all convents, monasteries, colleges, hospices and any other houses" from the Catholic religious orders in Portugal, earning him the nickname of "The Friar-Killer".
  • October 16 » Much of the ancient structure of the Palace of Westminster in London burns to the ground.
  • December 1 » Slavery is abolished in the Cape Colony in accordance with the Slavery Abolition Act 1833.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1806 » William Pitt the Younger, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759)
• 1810 » Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist and physicist (b. 1776)
• 1812 » Robert Craufurd, Scottish general and politician (b. 1764)
• 1820 » Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (b. 1767)
• 1833 » Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, English admiral and politician (b. 1757)
• 1837 » John Field, Irish pianist and composer (b. 1782)