Family tree van Betuw-Algera-Prins-Pieper-Koldeweij-de Goeij-Zweegers » Hilleke van Bruchem (1787-1868)

Christening day September 16, 1787

• The temperature on September 16, 1787 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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 1787: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 25 » Shays's Rebellion: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the Springfield Armory, results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty.
  • May 25 » After a delay of 11 days, the United States Constitutional Convention formally convenes in Philadelphia after a quorum of seven states is secured.
  • June 20 » Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'.
  • August 6 » Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • October 1 » Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
  • December 18 » New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

Day of death June 20, 1868

• The temperature on June 20, 1868 was about 29.5 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 35%. 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.
  • May 26 » The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson ends with his acquittal by one vote.
  • September 25 » The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia.
  • November 3 » John Willis Menard (R-Louisiana) was the first African American elected to the United States Congress. Because of an electoral challenge, he was never seated.
  • November 4 » Camagüey, Cuba, revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.
  • November 30 » A statue of King Charles XII of Sweden is inaugurated in Stockholm's Kungsträdgården.
  • December 10 » The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1847 » Juan Larrea, Argentinian captain and politician (b. 1782)
• 1869 » Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese commander (b. 1835)
• 1870 » Jules de Goncourt, French historian and author (b. 1830)
• 1872 » Élie Frédéric Forey, French general (b. 1804)
• 1875 » Joseph Meek, American police officer and politician (b. 1810)
• 1888 » Johannes Zukertort, Polish-English chess player (b. 1842)