Family tree Van Engel(s)dorp Gastelaars » Cornelis Jansen van Rosendaal (1790-1865)

Christening day July 11, 1790

• The temperature on July 11, 1790 was about 11.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. 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 1790: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 4 » France is divided into 83 départements, cutting across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on ownership of land by the nobility.
  • May 31 » The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790.
  • July 14 » French Revolution: Citizens of Paris celebrate the unity of the French people and the national reconciliation in the Fête de la Fédération.
  • July 16 » The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act.
  • December 26 » Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution.
  • December 31 » Efimeris, the oldest Greek newspaper of which issues have survived till today, is published for the first time.

Day of marriage April 30, 1815

• The temperature on April 30, 1815 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: half bewolkt regen. 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 1815: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 3 » Austria, the United Kingdom, and France form a secret defensive alliance against Prussia and Russia.
  • January 13 » War of 1812: British troops capture Fort Peter in St. Marys, Georgia, the only battle of the war to take place in the state.
  • March 1 » Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba.
  • April 10 » The Mount Tambora volcano begins a three-month-long eruption, lasting until July 15. The eruption ultimately kills 71,000 people and affects Earth's climate for the next two years.
  • May 3 » Neapolitan War: Joachim Murat, King of Naples is defeated by the Austrians at the Battle of Tolentino, the decisive engagement of the war.
  • July 15 » Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders aboard HMSBellerophon.

Day of death February 27, 1865

• The temperature on February 27, 1865 was about 4.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 17 » American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina, is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.
  • March 18 » American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last time.
  • April 9 » American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the war.
  • May 25 » In Mobile, Alabama, around 300 people are killed when an ordnance depot explodes.
  • June 19 » Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are finally informed of their freedom. The anniversary is still officially celebrated in Texas and 41 other contiguous states as Juneteenth.
  • December 18 » US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the USA.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1844 » Nicholas Biddle, American banker and politician (b. 1786)
• 1887 » Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (b. 1833)
• 1892 » Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer and businessman, founded Louis Vuitton (b. 1821)
• 1902 » Harry "Breaker" Morant, English-Australian lieutenant (b. 1864)
• 1921 » Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (b. 1906)