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Christening day October 14, 1770

• The temperature on October 14, 1770 was about 9.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken. 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 1770: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 19 » Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.
  • April 20 » The Georgian king, Erekle II, abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben, wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza.
  • June 11 » British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
  • July 7 » The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.
  • August 22 » James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.
  • November 14 » James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.

Day of marriage May 17, 1792

• The temperature on May 17, 1792 was about 13.0 °C. There was 48 mm of rainWind direction mainly south east. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1792: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 9 » Treaty of Jassy between Russian and Ottoman Empire is signed.
  • March 16 » King Gustav III of Sweden is shot; he dies on March 29.
  • April 2 » The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.
  • April 5 » United States President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
  • September 2 » During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers.
  • October 12 » The first celebration of Columbus Day is held in New York City.

Day of death February 14, 1837

• The temperature on February 14, 1837 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: betrokken zwaar mist. 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 1837: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
  • February 8 » Richard Johnson becomes the first Vice President of the United States chosen by the United States Senate.
  • May 10 » Panic of 1837: New York City banks suspend the payment of specie, triggering a national banking crisis and an economic depression whose severity was not surpassed until the Great Depression.
  • June 5 » Houston is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.
  • June 11 » The Broad Street Riot occurs in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between Yankees and Irish.
  • July 4 » Grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool.
  • July 25 » The first commercial use of an electrical telegraph is successfully demonstrated in London by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1808 » John Dickinson, American lawyer and politician 5th Governor of Delaware (b. 1732)
• 1831 » Henry Maudslay, English engineer (b. 1771)
• 1831 » Vicente Guerrero, Mexican general and politician, 2nd President of Mexico (b. 1782)
• 1870 » St. John Richardson Liddell, American general (b. 1815)
• 1881 » Fernando Wood, American merchant and politician, 73rd Mayor of New York City (b. 1812)
• 1884 » Lydia Hamilton Smith, African-American businesswoman (b. 1813)