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Christening day June 5, 1846

• The temperature on June 5, 1846 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt dampig. 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 1846: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
  • January 28 » The Battle of Aliwal, India, is won by British troops commanded by Sir Harry Smith.
  • February 20 » Polish insurgents lead an uprising in Kraków to incite a fight for national independence.
  • May 13 » Mexican–American War: The United States declares war on the Federal Republic of Mexico following a dispute over the American annexation of the Republic of Texas and a Mexican military incursion.
  • June 16 » The Papal conclave of 1846 elects Pope Pius IX, beginning the longest reign in the history of the papacy.
  • July 7 » US troops occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the US conquest of California.
  • August 22 » The Second Federal Republic of Mexico is established.

Day of marriage January 14, 1876

• The temperature on January 14, 1876 was about -1.2 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
• In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 15 » The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl.
  • April 11 » The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
  • April 20 » The April Uprising begins. Its suppression shocks European opinion, and Bulgarian independence becomes a condition for ending the Russo-Turkish War.
  • May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
  • June 25 » Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
  • August 8 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.

Day of death February 28, 1923

• The temperature on February 28, 1923 was between 6.1 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 7.8 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMS.
  • February 10 » Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas
  • April 15 » Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
  • April 28 » Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium.
  • August 16 » The United Kingdom gives the name "Ross Dependency" to part of its claimed Antarctic territory and makes the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand its administrator.
  • September 26 » The German government accepts the occupation of the Ruhr.

Day of burial March 3, 1923

• The temperature on March 3, 1923 was between 1.3 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
  • February 15 » Greece becomes the last European country to adopt the Gregorian calendar.
  • April 18 » Yankee Stadium: "The House that Ruth Built" opens.
  • June 9 » Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup.
  • July 24 » The Treaty of Lausanne, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Greece, Bulgaria and other countries that fought in World War I.
  • August 18 » First British Track and Field championships for women, London.
  • November 8 » Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1916 » Henry James, American novelist, short writer, and critic (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st President of Germany (b. 1871)
• 1929 » Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician and immunologist (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazilian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Charles Nicolle, French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)