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Christening day November 4, 1792

• The temperature on November 4, 1792 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. 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 1792: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 9 » Treaty of Jassy between Russian and Ottoman Empire is signed.
  • February 20 » The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington.
  • March 29 » King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.
  • April 5 » United States President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
  • August 13 » King Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.
  • September 21 » French Revolution: The National Convention abolishes the monarchy.

Day of marriage February 13, 1814

• The temperature on February 13, 1814 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. 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 1814: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 10 » Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Champaubert ends in French victory over the Russians and the Prussians.
  • March 7 » Emperor Napoleon I of France wins the Battle of Craonne.
  • April 6 » Nominal beginning of the Bourbon Restoration; anniversary date that Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
  • May 30 » The First Treaty of Paris is signed, returning the French frontiers to their 1792 extent, and restoring the House of Bourbon to power.
  • October 2 » Chilean War of Independence: Royalist troops defeat Chilean forces of Bernardo O'Higgins and José Miguel Carrera.
  • November 28 » The Times of London becomes the first newspaper to be produced on a steam-powered printing press, built by the German team of Koenig & Bauer.

Day of death January 29, 1871

• The temperature on January 29, 1871 was about -6.4 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • March 18 » Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders the evacuation of Paris.
  • March 21 » Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
  • April 1 » The 3rd Duke of Buckingham opened the Brill Tramway, a short railway line to transport goods between his lands and the national rail network.
  • May 4 » The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
  • June 10 » Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 US Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea.
  • July 20 » British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.

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• 1829 » Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras, French captain and politician (b. 1755)
• 1870 » Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797)
• 1871 » Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Canadian author (b. 1786)
• 1888 » Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator (b. 1812)
• 1899 » Alfred Sisley, French-English painter (b. 1839)
• 1906 » Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1818)