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Day of marriage August 17, 1858

• The temperature on August 17, 1858 was about 26.6 °C. The air pressure was 3.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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 9 » Anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide.
  • 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 5 » Cyrus West Field and others complete the first transatlantic telegraph cable after several unsuccessful attempts. It will operate for less than a month.
  • September 10 » George Mary Searle discovers the asteroid 55 Pandora.
  • November 17 » The city of Denver, Colorado is founded.

Day of death July 13, 1911

• The temperature on July 13, 1911 was between 12.2 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • February 18 » The first official flight with airmail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2mi) away.
  • April 29 » Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
  • August 29 » Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
  • September 1 » The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
  • November 5 » After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
  • December 24 » Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Day of burial July 17, 1911

• The temperature on July 17, 1911 was between 12.1 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • May 9 » The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
  • August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
  • September 18 » Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
  • October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
  • November 3 » Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
  • November 5 » After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » August Kekulé, German chemist and academic (b. 1829)
• 1907 » Henrik Sillem, Dutch target shooter and jurist (b. 1866)
• 1911 » Allan McLean, Scottish-Australian politician, 19th Premier of Victoria (b. 1840)
• 1921 » Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourger physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1922 » Martin Dies Sr., American journalist and politician (b. 1870)
• 1927 » Mimar Kemaleddin Bey, Turkish architect and academic, designed the Tayyare Apartments (b. 1870)