Family tree Menting » Elisabeth Maria Christina Schellings (1828-1889)

Day of marriage August 31, 1859

• The temperature on August 31, 1859 was about 11.1 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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).
• 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 1859: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
  • February 4 » The Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt.
  • March 3 » The two-day Great Slave Auction, the largest such auction in United States history, concludes.
  • April 25 » British and French engineers break ground for the Suez Canal.
  • May 17 » Members of the Melbourne Football Club codified the first rules of Australian rules football.
  • June 24 » Battle of Solferino (Battle of the Three Sovereigns): Sardinia and France defeat Austria in Solferino, northern Italy.
  • October 26 » The Royal Charter Storm kills at least eight hundred people in the British Isles.

Day of death March 27, 1889

• The temperature on March 27, 1889 was about 4.7 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 38 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
  • February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
  • April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
  • May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
  • May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
  • June 3 » The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1878 » George Gilbert Scott, English architect, designed the Albert Memorial and St Mary's Cathedral (b. 1811)
• 1886 » Henry Taylor, English poet and playwright (b. 1800)
• 1889 » John Bright, English politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Carl Jacob Löwig, German chemist and academic (b. 1803)
• 1898 » Syed Ahmad Khan, Indian philosopher and activist (b. 1817)
• 1900 » Joseph A. Campbell, American businessman, founded the Campbell Soup Company (b. 1817)