The temperature on March 10, 1851 was about 1.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
February 6 » The largest Australian bushfires in a populous region in recorded history take place in the state of Victoria.
March 11 » The first performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice.
May 1 » Queen Victoria opens The Great Exhibition at The Crystal Palace in London.
October 24 » William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel and Ariel orbiting Uranus.
November 13 » The Denny Party lands at Alki Point, before moving to the other side of Elliott Bay to what would become Seattle.
December 22 » India's first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India.
Day of marriage May 15, 1880
The temperature on May 15, 1880 was about 12.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
June 28 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
June 29 » France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".
September 1 » The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
September 16 » The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the United States' oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
December 16 » Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.
Day of death March 12, 1934
The temperature on March 12, 1934 was between 3.1 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 1 » A "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring" comes into effect in Nazi Germany.
May 23 » Infamous American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
June 19 » The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
July 5 » "Bloody Thursday": Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.
July 11 » Engelbert Zaschka of Germany flies his large human-powered aircraft, the Zaschka Human-Power Aircraft, about 20 meters at Berlin Tempelhof Airport without assisted take-off.
September 21 » A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing more than three thousand people.
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