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Day of marriage May 10, 1856

• The temperature on May 10, 1856 was about 10.5 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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).
• From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
• In the year 1856: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
  • April 21 » Australian labour movement: Stonemasons and building workers on building sites around Melbourne march from the University of Melbourne to Parliament House to achieve an eight-hour day.
  • May 1 » The Province of Isabela was created in the Philippines in honor of Queen Isabela II.
  • May 24 » John Brown and his men kill five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas.
  • July 31 » Christchurch, New Zealand is chartered as a city.
  • November 17 » American Old West: On the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase.
  • December 9 » The Iranian city of Bushehr surrenders to occupying British forces.

Day of death May 8, 1878

• The temperature on May 8, 1878 was about 9.4 °C. There was 12 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 75 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 4 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule and designated the capital of Liberated Bulgaria.
  • January 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
  • January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
  • May 14 » The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
  • June 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
  • October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1853 » Jan Roothaan, Dutch priest, 21st Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1785)
• 1880 » Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821)
• 1891 » Helena Blavatsky, Russian-English mystic and author (b. 1831)
• 1891 » John Robertson, English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1816)
• 1893 » Manuel González Flores, Mexican general and president, 1880–1884 (b. 1833)
• 1903 » Paul Gauguin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1848)