Family tree Peijsel » Frederik Hendrik van Dungen Gronovius (1842-1892)

Christening day July 7, 1855

• The temperature on July 7, 1855 was about 20.0 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
• In the year 1855: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
  • February 22 » The Pennsylvania State University is founded in State College, Pennsylvania (as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania).
  • March 2 » Alexander II becomes Tsar of Russia.
  • June 28 » Sigma Chi fraternity is founded in North America.
  • September 3 » American Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under United States General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan massacre by attacking a Sioux village and killing 100 men, women and children.
  • September 9 » Crimean War: The Siege of Sevastopol comes to an end when Russian forces abandon the city.
  • September 29 » The Philippine port of Iloilo is opened to world trade by the Spanish administration.

Day of marriage November 21, 1868

• The temperature on November 21, 1868 was about 1.3 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. 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 June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
• From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
• In the year 1868: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • March 23 » The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act is signed into law.
  • July 25 » The Wyoming Territory is established.
  • September 19 » La Gloriosa begins in Spain.
  • September 23 » Grito de Lares ("Lares Revolt") occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.
  • October 7 » Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.
  • November 30 » A statue of King Charles XII of Sweden is inaugurated in Stockholm's Kungsträdgården.

Day of death June 11, 1892

• The temperature on June 11, 1892 was about 22.6 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Ellis Island begins processing immigrants into the United States.
  • January 15 » James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
  • February 29 » St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated.
  • April 15 » The General Electric Company is formed.
  • July 26 » Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
  • October 13 » Edward Emerson Barnard discovers first comet discovered by photographic means.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1882 » Louis Désiré Maigret, French bishop (b. 1804)
• 1885 » Matías Ramos Mejía, Argentinian colonel (b. 1810)
• 1897 » Henry Ayers, English-Australian politician, 8th Premier of South Australia (b. 1821)
• 1903 » Alexander I of Serbia (b. 1876)
• 1903 » Draga Mašin, Serbian wife of Alexander I of Serbia (b. 1864)
• 1903 » Nikolai Bugaev, Russian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1837)