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Day of marriage October 2, 1851

• The temperature on October 2, 1851 was about 12.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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 Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1851: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
  • January 28 » Northwestern University becomes the first chartered university in Illinois.
  • May 15 » The first Australian gold rush is proclaimed, although the discovery had been made three months earlier.
  • August 22 » The first America's Cup is won by the yacht America.
  • October 24 » William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel and Ariel orbiting Uranus.
  • December 9 » The first YMCA in North America is established in Montreal.
  • December 24 » The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., burns.

Day of death November 27, 1868

• The temperature on November 27, 1868 was about 1.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
• 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 1868: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 24 » Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.
  • April 7 » Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation, is assassinated by a Fenian activist.
  • May 14 » Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward.
  • May 26 » The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson ends with his acquittal by one vote.
  • June 23 » Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer".
  • July 28 » The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1852 » Ada Lovelace, English mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1815)
• 1875 » Richard Christopher Carrington, English astronomer and educator (b. 1826)
• 1881 » Theobald Boehm, German flute player and composer (b. 1794)
• 1884 » Fanny Elssler, Austrian ballerina (b. 1810)
• 1895 » Alexandre Dumas, fils, French novelist and playwright (b. 1824)
• 1899 » Constant Fornerod, Swiss academic and politician, 10th President of the Swiss Council of States (b. 1819)