Family tree Weening » Klaas Wybes Kamminga (1788-1862)

Christening day March 16, 1788

• The temperature on March 16, 1788 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 18 » The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from Great Britain to Australia arrive at Botany Bay.
  • March 21 » A fire in New Orleans leaves most of the town in ruins.
  • May 23 » South Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution as the eighth American state.
  • June 11 » Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska.
  • July 25 » Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his Symphony No. 40 in G minor (K550).
  • December 22 » Nguyễn Huệ proclaims himself Emperor Quang Trung, in effect abolishing on his own the Lê dynasty.

Day of marriage November 23, 1815

• The temperature on November 23, 1815 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: betrokken mist. 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
  • March 2 » Signing of the Kandyan Convention treaty by British invaders and the leaders of the Kingdom of Kandy.
  • 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.
  • August 24 » The modern Constitution of the Netherlands is signed.
  • October 15 » Napoleon begins his exile on Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.
  • November 20 » The Second Treaty of Paris is signed, returning the French frontiers to their 1790 extent, imposing large indemnities, and prolonging the occupation by Allied troops for several more years.
  • December 25 » The Handel and Haydn Society, oldest continually performing arts organization in the United States, gives its first performance.

Day of death July 13, 1862

• The temperature on July 13, 1862 was about 14.3 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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 March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
• 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 1862: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • March 9 » American Civil War: USSMonitor and CSSVirginia fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.
  • April 5 » American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins.
  • April 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins: In Tennessee, forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.
  • June 7 » The United States and the United Kingdom agree in the Lyons–Seward Treaty to suppress the African slave trade.
  • June 9 » American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson concludes his successful Shenandoah Valley Campaign with a victory in the Battle of Port Republic; his tactics during the campaign are now studied by militaries around the world.
  • December 13 » American Civil War: At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats Union Major General Ambrose Burnside.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1881 » John C. Pemberton, American general (b. 1814)
• 1889 » Robert Hamerling, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1830)
• 1890 » Johann Voldemar Jannsen, Estonian journalist and poet (b. 1819)
• 1890 » John C. Frémont, American general and politician, 5th Territorial Governor of Arizona (b. 1813)
• 1893 » Young Man Afraid of His Horses, American tribal chief (b. 1836)
• 1896 » August Kekulé, German chemist and academic (b. 1829)