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Christening day January 13, 1788

• The temperature on January 13, 1788 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: 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 9 » Connecticut becomes the fifth state to ratify the Constitution.
  • May 8 » King Louis XVI of France attempts to impose the reforms of Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne by abolishing the parlements.
  • June 7 » French Revolution: Day of the Tiles: Civilians in Grenoble toss roof tiles and various objects down upon royal troops.
  • June 21 » New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
  • June 25 » Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
  • December 22 » Nguyễn Huệ proclaims himself Emperor Quang Trung, in effect abolishing on his own the Lê dynasty.

Day of marriage September 1, 1822

• The temperature on September 1, 1822 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: 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 1822: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 1 » The Greek Constitution of 1822 is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
  • June 14 » Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society.
  • July 2 » Thirty-five slaves, including Denmark Vesey, are hanged in South Carolina after being accused of organizing a slave rebellion.
  • July 26 » First day of the three-day Battle of Dervenakia, between the Ottoman Empire force led by Mahmud Dramali Pasha and the Greek Revolutionary force led by Theodoros Kolokotronis.
  • October 12 » Pedro I of Brazil is proclaimed the emperor.
  • December 1 » Peter I is crowned Emperor of Brazil.

Day of death February 14, 1874

• The temperature on February 14, 1874 was about 10.0 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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 July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
• 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 1874: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • March 15 » France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
  • March 18 » Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trade rights.
  • May 9 » The first horsebus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
  • May 27 » The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.
  • July 14 » The Chicago Fire of 1874 burns down 47 acres of the city, destroying 812 buildings, killing 20, and resulting in the fire insurance industry demanding municipal reforms from Chicago's city council.
  • November 7 » A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1870 » St. John Richardson Liddell, American general (b. 1815)
• 1881 » Fernando Wood, American merchant and politician, 73rd Mayor of New York City (b. 1812)
• 1884 » Lydia Hamilton Smith, African-American businesswoman (b. 1813)
• 1885 » Jules Vallès, French journalist and author (b. 1832)
• 1891 » William Tecumseh Sherman, American general (b. 1820)
• 1894 » Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian-French mathematician and academic (b. 1814)