Family tree Meiling » Jan Meilink (1787-1861)

Christening day September 23, 1787

• The temperature on September 23, 1787 was about 15.0 °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 11 » William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
  • May 13 » Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
  • 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.
  • September 28 » The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly-written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.
  • October 1 » Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
  • December 18 » New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

Day of marriage June 27, 1822

• The temperature on June 27, 1822 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: betrokken winderig bui. 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 1822: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 9 » The Portuguese prince Pedro I of Brazil decides to stay in Brazil against the orders of the Portuguese King João VI, beginning the Brazilian independence process.
  • March 30 » The Florida Territory is created in the United States.
  • May 26 » One hundred sixteen people die in the Grue Church fire, the biggest fire disaster in Norway's history.
  • July 8 » Chippewas turn over a huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom.
  • July 26 » José de San Martín arrives in Guayaquil, Ecuador, to meet with Simón Bolívar.
  • October 25 » Greek War of Independence: The First Siege of Missolonghi begins.

Day of death December 17, 1861

• The temperature on December 17, 1861 was about 7.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
• 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 year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 29 » Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
  • February 9 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama.
  • April 13 » American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces.
  • April 27 » American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
  • June 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Fairfax Court House is fought.
  • September 6 » American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, giving the Union control of the Tennessee River's mouth.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1830 » Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Venezuela (b. 1783)
• 1833 » Kaspar Hauser, German feral child (b. 1812)
• 1847 » Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (b. 1791)
• 1857 » Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy (b. 1774)
• 1904 » William Shiels, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Victoria (b. 1848)
• 1907 » William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1824)