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Christening day June 30, 1793

• The temperature on June 30, 1793 was about 15.0 °C. There was 26 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 1793: Source: Wikipedia
  • June 10 » The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris. A year later, it becomes the first public zoo.
  • June 24 » The French Constitution of 1793 is formally adopted, although it is effectively suspended by the Committee of Public Safety.
  • July 22 » Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental crossing of North America.
  • September 17 » War of the Pyrenees: France defeats a Spanish force at the Battle of Peyrestortes.
  • November 3 » French playwright, journalist and feminist Olympe de Gouges is guillotined.
  • November 16 » French Revolution: Ninety dissident Roman Catholic priests are executed by drowning at Nantes.

Day of marriage August 3, 1815

• The temperature on August 3, 1815 was about 15.0 °C. There was 48 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. 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 1815: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 15 » War of 1812: American frigate USSPresident, commanded by Commodore Stephen Decatur, is captured by a squadron of four British frigates.
  • March 2 » Signing of the Kandyan Convention treaty by British invaders and the leaders of the Kingdom of Kandy.
  • 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.
  • June 16 » Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before the Battle of Waterloo.
  • August 24 » The modern Constitution of the Netherlands is signed.
  • November 27 » Adoption of Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland.

Day of death April 7, 1870

• The temperature on April 7, 1870 was about 15.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 43%. 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 year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 6 » The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.
  • February 15 » Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, USA and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering.
  • February 28 » The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire.
  • May 12 » The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
  • August 18 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
  • September 20 » The Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia, and complete the unification of Italy.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1858 » Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer and publisher (b. 1781)
• 1868 » Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Irish-Canadian journalist, activist, and politician (b. 1825)
• 1879 » Begum Hazrat Mahal, Begum of Awadh, was the second wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah (b. 1820)
• 1885 » Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist and zoologist (b. 1804)
• 1889 » Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican politician and president, 1872-1876 (b. 1823)
• 1889 » Youssef Bey Karam, Lebanese soldier and politician (b. 1823)