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Christening day May 4, 1788

• The temperature on May 4, 1788 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 1788: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 18 » The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from Great Britain to Australia arrive at Botany Bay.
  • January 20 » The third and main part of First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay. Arthur Phillip decides that Port Jackson is a more suitable location for a colony.
  • February 6 » Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
  • May 8 » King Louis XVI of France attempts to impose the reforms of Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne by abolishing the parlements.
  • June 11 » Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska.
  • June 25 » Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.

Day of marriage May 5, 1811

• The temperature on May 5, 1811 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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 1811: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 17 » Mexican War of Independence: In the Battle of Calderón Bridge, a heavily outnumbered Spanish force of 6,000 troops defeats nearly 100,000 Mexican revolutionaries.
  • March 11 » During André Masséna's retreat from the Lines of Torres Vedras, a division led by French Marshal Michel Ney fights off a combined Anglo-Portuguese force to give Masséna time to escape.
  • March 25 » Percy Bysshe Shelley is expelled from the University of Oxford for publishing the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism.
  • May 5 » Peninsular War: In the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro, the British-Portuguese Army repels an attempt by the French Army of Portugal to relieve the besieged city of Almeida.
  • July 30 » Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, leader of the Mexican insurgency, is executed by the Spanish in Chihuahua City, Mexico.
  • November 17 » José Miguel Carrera, Chilean founding father, is sworn in as President of the executive Junta of the government of Chile.

Day of death February 5, 1870

• The temperature on February 5, 1870 was about 5.2 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%. 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 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
  • June 26 » The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
  • July 19 » Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
  • September 1 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
  • September 6 » Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.
  • November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1818 » Charles XIII, king of Sweden (b. 1748)
• 1881 » Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, historian, and academic (b. 1795)
• 1882 » Adolfo Rivadeneyra, Spanish orientalist and diplomat (b. 1841)
• 1892 » Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Jaber II Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1860)