Family tree Van Helvoirt Koenders » Antonius van den Langenhuijsen (1788-1865)

Christening day April 1, 1788

• The temperature on April 1, 1788 was about 9.0 °C. Wind 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 1788: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 20 » The third and main part of First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay. Arthur Phillip decides that Port Jackson is a more suitable location for a colony.
  • February 9 » The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.
  • March 21 » A fire in New Orleans leaves most of the town in ruins.
  • April 28 » Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution.
  • May 23 » South Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution as the eighth American state.
  • September 13 » The Philadelphia Convention sets the date for the first presidential election in the United States, and New York City becomes the country's temporary capital.

Day of marriage May 12, 1820

• The temperature on May 12, 1820 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt omtrent helder. 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 1820: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 30 » Edward Bransfield sights the Trinity Peninsula and claims the discovery of Antarctica.
  • February 4 » The Chilean Navy under the command of Lord Cochrane completes the two-day long Capture of Valdivia with just 300 men and two ships.
  • February 6 » The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society depart New York to start a settlement in present-day Liberia.
  • April 8 » The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Milos.
  • April 12 » Alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organization to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece.
  • May 1 » Execution of the Cato Street Conspirators, who plotted to kill the British Cabinet and Prime Minister Lord Liverpool.

Day of death October 2, 1865

• The temperature on October 2, 1865 was about 11.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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.
  • April 13 » American Civil War: Raleigh, North Carolina is occupied by Union Forces.
  • April 27 » The Sultana explodes and sinks in the United States' worst maritime disaster.
  • May 13 » American Civil War: Battle of Palmito Ranch: In far south Texas, the last land battle of the Civil War ends with a Confederate victory.
  • 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 6 » Georgia ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1803 » Samuel Adams, American philosopher and politician, 4th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1722)
• 1804 » Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French engineer (b. 1725)
• 1850 » Sarah Biffen, English painter (b. 1784)
• 1853 » François Arago, French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician, 25th Prime Minister of France (b. 1786)
• 1920 » Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)