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Christening day April 7, 1793

• The temperature on April 7, 1793 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: helder winderig. 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 1793: Source: Wikipedia
  • August 27 » French Revolutionary Wars: The city of Toulon revolts against the French Republic and admits the British and Spanish fleets to seize its port, leading to the Siege of Toulon by French Revolutionary forces.
  • September 5 » French Revolution: The French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.
  • September 17 » War of the Pyrenees: France defeats a Spanish force at the Battle of Peyrestortes.
  • September 18 » The first cornerstone of the United States Capitol is laid by George Washington.
  • November 10 » A Goddess of Reason is proclaimed by the French Convention at the suggestion of Pierre Gaspard Chaumette.
  • December 25 » General "Mad Anthony" Wayne and a 300 man detachment identify the site of St. Clair's 1791 defeat by the large number of unburied human remains at modern Fort Recovery, Ohio.

Day of marriage June 28, 1834

• The temperature on June 28, 1834 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: omtrent betrokken. 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.
  • March 6 » York, Upper Canada, is incorporated as Toronto.
  • 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 9 » Opening of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway on the island of Ireland.
  • 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.
  • December 3 » The Zollverein (German Customs Union) begins the first regular census in Germany.

Day of death July 4, 1862

• The temperature on July 4, 1862 was about 11.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 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 Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 5 » Moldavia and Wallachia formally unite to create the Romanian United Principalities.
  • February 21 » American Civil War: Battle of Valverde is fought near Fort Craig in New Mexico Territory.
  • April 16 » American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia, becomes law.
  • April 20 » Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the experiment disproving the theory of spontaneous generation.
  • July 12 » The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.
  • September 8 » Millennium of Russia monument is unveiled in Novgorod.

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• 1848 » François-René de Chateaubriand, French historian and politician (b. 1768)
• 1850 » William Kirby, English entomologist and author (b. 1759)
• 1854 » Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German academic and jurist (b. 1781)
• 1857 » William L. Marcy, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 21st United States Secretary of State (b. 1786)
• 1881 » Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish philosopher and politician (b. 1806)
• 1882 » Joseph Brackett, American composer and author (b. 1797)