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Christening day March 15, 1789

• The temperature on March 15, 1789 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: betrokken winderig regen. 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 1789: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 30 » On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.
  • July 27 » The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
  • September 25 » The United States Congress passes twelve constitutional amendments: the ten known as the Bill of Rights, the (unratified) Congressional Apportionment Amendment, and the Congressional Compensation Amendment.
  • October 5 » French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority.
  • October 6 » French Revolution: King Louis XVI is forced to change his residence from Versailles to the Tuileries Palace.
  • November 21 » North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.

Day of marriage March 7, 1815

• The temperature on March 7, 1815 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: betrokken mist. 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 1815: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 3 » Austria, the United Kingdom, and France form a secret defensive alliance against Prussia and Russia.
  • January 8 » War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans: Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British.
  • March 1 » Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba.
  • May 3 » Neapolitan War: Joachim Murat, King of Naples is defeated by the Austrians at the Battle of Tolentino, the decisive engagement of the war.
  • November 20 » The Second Treaty of Paris is signed, returning the French frontiers to their 1790 extent, imposing large indemnities, and prolonging the occupation by Allied troops for several more years.
  • December 25 » The Handel and Haydn Society, oldest continually performing arts organization in the United States, gives its first performance.

Day of death September 18, 1871

• The temperature on September 18, 1871 was about 15.2 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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 22 » In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
  • May 28 » The Paris Commune falls after two months.
  • June 16 » The Universities Tests Act 1871 allows students to enter the universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology).
  • October 8 » The Great Chicago Fire and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire break out.
  • October 24 » An estimated 17 to 20 Chinese immigrants are lynched in Los Angeles, California.
  • November 10 » Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?".

Source: Wikipedia

• 1857 » Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer and conductor (b. 1785)
• 1860 » Joseph Locke, English engineer and politician (b. 1805)
• 1872 » Charles XV of Sweden (b. 1826)
• 1890 » Dion Boucicault, Irish-American actor and playwright (b. 1820)
• 1896 » Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist and academic (b. 1819)
• 1905 » George MacDonald, Scottish minister, author, and poet (b. 1824)