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Day of marriage May 16, 1847

• The temperature on May 16, 1847 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: half bewolkt regen. 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 1847: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
  • January 6 » Samuel Colt obtains his first contract for the sale of revolver pistols to the United States government.
  • February 28 » The Battle of the Sacramento River during the Mexican–American War is a decisive victory for the United States leading to the capture of Chihuahua.
  • September 13 » Mexican–American War: Six teenage military cadets known as Niños Héroes die defending Chapultepec Castle in the Battle of Chapultepec. American troops under General Winfield Scott capture Mexico City in the Mexican–American War.
  • October 12 » Werner von Siemens founds Siemens & Halske, which later becomes Siemens AG.
  • November 4 » Sir James Young Simpson, a Scottish physician, discovers the anaesthetic properties of chloroform.
  • November 29 » Whitman massacre: Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War.

Day of death August 20, 1888

• The temperature on August 20, 1888 was about 17.6 °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 61%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • June 29 » George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
  • August 14 » An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London, England.
  • October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
  • October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
  • October 29 » The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.
  • December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1882 » James Whyte, Scottish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1820)
• 1887 » Jules Laforgue, French poet and author (b. 1860)
• 1893 » Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Austrian lawyer and politician (b. 1827)
• 1897 » Charles Lilley, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Queensland (b. 1827)
• 1912 » William Booth, English preacher, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
• 1914 » Pope Pius X (b. 1835)