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Christening day June 7, 1822

• The temperature on June 7, 1822 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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.
  • June 6 » Alexis St. Martin is accidentally shot in the stomach, leading to William Beaumont's studies on digestion.
  • July 8 » Chippewas turn over a huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom.
  • July 26 » First day of the three-day Battle of Dervenakia, between the Ottoman Empire force led by Mahmud Dramali Pasha and the Greek Revolutionary force led by Theodoros Kolokotronis.

Day of marriage February 24, 1870

• The temperature on February 24, 1870 was about 1.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 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 1870: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 25 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress.
  • July 15 » Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.
  • July 19 » Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
  • August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
  • September 18 » Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn.
  • November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.

Day of death February 22, 1902

• The temperature on February 22, 1902 was between -2.3 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (72%). 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
  • March 6 » Real Madrid CF is founded.
  • May 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
  • June 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
  • August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
  • November 29 » The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11–0 to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league.

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• 1897 » Charles Blondin, French tightrope walker and acrobat (b. 1824)
• 1898 » Heungseon Daewongun, Korean king (b. 1820)
• 1903 » Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (b. 1860)
• 1904 » Leslie Stephen, English historian, author, and critic (b. 1832)
• 1913 » Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (b. 1857)
• 1913 » Francisco I. Madero, Mexican president and author (b. 1873)