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Christening day September 25, 1791

• The temperature on September 25, 1791 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: 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 1791: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 15 » French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance.
  • June 21 » King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
  • August 4 » The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.
  • August 7 » American troops destroy the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua near the site of present-day Logansport, Indiana in the Northwest Indian War.
  • August 26 » John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
  • November 9 » Foundation of the Dublin Society of United Irishmen.

Day of marriage May 27, 1813

• The temperature on May 27, 1813 was about 9.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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
  • February 20 » Manuel Belgrano defeats the royalist army of Pío de Tristán during the Battle of Salta.
  • May 11 » William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth discover a route across the Blue Mountains, opening up inland Australia to settlement.
  • June 22 » War of 1812: After learning of American plans for a surprise attack on Beaver Dams in Ontario, Laura Secord sets out on a 30 kilometer journey on foot to warn Lieutenant James FitzGibbon.
  • August 19 » Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina's Second Triumvirate.
  • September 11 » War of 1812: British troops arrive in Mount Vernon and prepare to march to and invade Washington, D.C..
  • November 11 » War of 1812: Battle of Crysler's Farm: British and Canadian forces defeat a larger American force, causing the Americans to abandon their Saint Lawrence campaign.

Day of death June 13, 1876

• The temperature on June 13, 1876 was about 20.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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 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 1876: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • February 2 » The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
  • March 10 » The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
  • April 22 » The first game in the history of the National League was played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia. This game is often pointed to as the beginning of Major League Baseball.
  • May 30 » Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V.
  • August 31 » Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid II.
  • September 7 » In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1861 » Henry Gray, English anatomist and surgeon (b. 1827)
• 1881 » Joseph Škoda, Czech physician and dermatologist (b. 1805)
• 1886 » Ludwig II, king of Bavaria (b. 1845)
• 1894 » John Cox Bray, Australian politician, 15th Premier of South Australia (b. 1842)
• 1898 » Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Quebec (b. 1840)
• 1904 » Nikiforos Lytras, Greek painter and educator (b. 1832)