Family tree van Hamond (Sint-Michielsgestel, Schijndel) » Johannes Dekkers (1804-1876)

Day of marriage August 24, 1834

• The temperature on August 24, 1834 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt bui weerlicht windstil. 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 1834: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
  • March 18 » Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle, Dorset, England are sentenced to be transported to Australia for forming a trade union.
  • May 16 » The Battle of Asseiceira is fought, the last and decisive engagement of the Liberal Wars in Portugal.
  • May 30 » Minister of Justice Joaquim António de Aguiar issues a law seizing "all convents, monasteries, colleges, hospices and any other houses" from the Catholic religious orders in Portugal, earning him the nickname of "The Friar-Killer".
  • July 15 » The Spanish Inquisition is officially disbanded after nearly 356 years.
  • August 1 » Slavery is abolished in the British Empire as the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into force, although it remains legal in the possessions of the East India Company until the passage of the Indian Slavery Act, 1843.
  • October 9 » Opening of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway on the island of Ireland.

Day of death October 30, 1876

• The temperature on October 30, 1876 was about 4.4 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
• In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • February 26 » Japan and Korea sign a treaty granting Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights, opening three ports to Japanese trade, and ending Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing dynasty China.
  • July 8 » The Hamburg massacre prior to the 1876 United States presidential election results in the deaths of six African-Americans of the Republican Party, along with one white assailant.
  • August 1 » Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
  • September 7 » In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.
  • November 23 » Corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Magear Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain.
  • December 23 » First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.

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• 1882 » William Forster, Indian-Australian politician, 4th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1818)
• 1883 » Dayananda Saraswati, Indian philosopher and scholar (b. 1824)
• 1883 » Robert Volkmann, German pianist and composer (b. 1815)
• 1893 » John Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1821)
• 1894 » Honoré Mercier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Premier of Quebec (b. 1840)
• 1895 » James Patterson, English-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Victoria (b. 1833)