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Christening day December 26, 1762

• The temperature on December 26, 1762 was about -3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: 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)
• Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1762: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 10 » French Huguenot Jean Calas, who had been wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform.
  • June 24 » Battle of Wilhelmsthal: The British-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats French forces in Westphalia.
  • July 9 » Catherine the Great becomes Empress of Russia following the coup against her husband, Peter III.
  • September 12 » The Sultanate of Sulu ceded Balambangan Island to the British East India Company
  • September 15 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Signal Hill.
  • October 6 » Seven Years' War: The British Capture Manila from Spain and occupy it.

Day of marriage June 1, 1789

• The temperature on June 1, 1789 was about 13.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. 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 1789: Source: Wikipedia
  • June 17 » In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly.
  • July 10 » Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta.
  • August 26 » The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.
  • September 22 » The office of United States Postmaster General is established.
  • September 29 » The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
  • October 3 » George Washington proclaims a Thanksgiving Day for that year.

Day of death December 8, 1813

• The temperature on December 8, 1813 was about 1.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken 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 1813: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 3 » José de San Martín defeats a Spanish royalist army at the Battle of San Lorenzo, part of the Argentine War of Independence.
  • August 23 » At the Battle of Großbeeren, the Prussians under Von Bülow repulse the French army.
  • August 30 » First Battle of Kulm: French forces are defeated by an Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance.
  • September 11 » War of 1812: British troops arrive in Mount Vernon and prepare to march to and invade Washington, D.C..
  • October 5 » War of 1812: The Army of the Northwest defeats a British and Native Canadian force threatening Detroit.
  • November 11 » War of 1812: Battle of Crysler's Farm: British and Canadian forces defeat a larger American force, causing the Americans to abandon their Saint Lawrence campaign.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1768 » Jean Denis Attiret, French painter and missionary (b. 1702)
• 1779 » Nathan Alcock, English physician (b. 1707)
• 1815 » Mary Bosanquet Fletcher, Methodist preacher and philanthropist (b. 1739)
• 1830 » Benjamin Constant, Swiss-French philosopher and author (b. 1767)
• 1856 » Theobald Mathew, Irish social reformer and temperance movement leader (b. 1790)
• 1859 » Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author (b. 1785)