Family tree Weening » Jetske Doekes de Boer (1790-1863)

Christening day May 2, 1790

• The temperature on May 2, 1790 was about 12.0 °C. There was 48 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. 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 1790: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 29 » Rhode Island becomes the last of North America's original Thirteen Colonies to ratify the Constitution and become one of the United States.
  • May 31 » Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
  • August 2 » The first United States Census is conducted.
  • September 25 » Four Great Anhui Troupes introduce Anhui opera to Beijing in honor of the Qianlong Emperor's eightieth birthday.
  • December 17 » The Aztec calendar stone is discovered at El Zócalo, Mexico City.
  • December 22 » The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies.

Day of death November 3, 1863

• The temperature on November 3, 1863 was about 7.5 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 23 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 1863: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 11 » American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post: General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.
  • April 16 » American Civil War: During the Vicksburg Campaign, gunboats commanded by acting Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter run downriver past Confederate artillery batteries at Vicksburg.
  • June 20 » American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.
  • October 3 » The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
  • November 26 » United States President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November. Following the Franksgiving controversy from 1939 to 1941, it has been observed on the fourth Thursday in 1942 and subsequent years.
  • November 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sanders: Union forces under Ambrose Burnside successfully defend Knoxville, Tennessee from Confederate forces under James Longstreet.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1850 » William E. Shannon, Irish-born American politician (b. 1821/1822)
• 1858 » Harriet Taylor Mill, English philosopher and author (b. 1807)
• 1869 » Andreas Kalvos, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1792)
• 1890 » Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Swiss National Council (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Louis Lucien Bonaparte, English-Italian philologist and politician (b. 1813)
• 1900 » Carrie Steele Logan, American philanthropist, founder of the oldest black orphanage in the United States (b. ~1829)