Family tree Van Rein » Aeltien Jacobs "Aaltjen" Jacobs (1790-1869)

Christening day August 22, 1790

• The temperature on August 22, 1790 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt bui winderig. 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
  • January 8 » George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York City.
  • May 31 » Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
  • July 16 » The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act.
  • November 1 » Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France, in which he predicts that the French Revolution will end in a disaster.
  • December 22 » The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies.
  • December 31 » Efimeris, the oldest Greek newspaper of which issues have survived till today, is published for the first time.

Day of marriage September 3, 1813

• The temperature on September 3, 1813 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: 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 1813: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 28 » Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom.
  • February 3 » José de San Martín defeats a Spanish royalist army at the Battle of San Lorenzo, part of the Argentine War of Independence.
  • May 20 » Napoleon Bonaparte leads his French troops into the Battle of Bautzen in Saxony, Germany, against the combined armies of Russia and Prussia. The battle ends the next day with a French victory.
  • May 24 » South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator").
  • August 30 » First Battle of Kulm: French forces are defeated by an Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance.
  • September 11 » War of 1812: British troops arrive in Mount Vernon and prepare to march to and invade Washington, D.C..

Day of death March 17, 1869

• The temperature on March 17, 1869 was about 3.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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 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 1869: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • May 10 » The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah with the golden spike.
  • June 27 » The Republic of Ezo on the island of Hokkaido ends after being defeated by Japanese Imperial troops.
  • September 24 » Gold prices plummet after President Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.
  • October 5 » The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
  • October 16 » Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.
  • November 17 » In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1846 » Friedrich Bessel, German astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1784)
• 1849 » William II, Dutch sovereign prince and king (b. 1792)
• 1853 » Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist and mathematician (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Robert Chambers, Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap (b. 1802)
• 1875 » Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1832)
• 1893 » Jules Ferry, French lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of France (b. 1832)