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Christening day September 15, 1793

• The temperature on September 15, 1793 was about 15.0 °C. Wind 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
  • February 1 » French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
  • August 10 » The Musée du Louvre is officially opened in Paris, France.
  • September 5 » French Revolution: The French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.
  • October 13 » French Revolutionary Wars: Austro-Prussian victory over Republican France at the First Battle of Wissembourg.
  • October 15 » Queen Marie Antoinette of France is tried and convicted, and condemned to death the following day.
  • October 16 » French Revolution: Queen Marie Antoinette is executed.

Day of marriage August 16, 1820

• The temperature on August 16, 1820 was about 21.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt storm(achtig). 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 1820: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 30 » Edward Bransfield sights the Trinity Peninsula and claims the discovery of Antarctica.
  • February 4 » The Chilean Navy under the command of Lord Cochrane completes the two-day long Capture of Valdivia with just 300 men and two ships.
  • February 23 » Cato Street Conspiracy: A plot to murder all the British cabinet ministers is exposed.
  • March 6 » The Missouri Compromise is signed into law by President James Monroe. The compromise allows Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, brings Maine into the Union as a free state, and makes the rest of the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase territory slavery-free.
  • March 15 » Maine becomes the 23rd U.S. state.
  • October 9 » Guayaquil declares independence from Spain.

Day of death February 27, 1885

• The temperature on February 27, 1885 was about 8.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 3 » Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
  • January 17 » A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
  • April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
  • April 30 » Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.
  • July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.
  • September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.

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• 1887 » Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (b. 1833)
• 1892 » Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer and businessman, founded Louis Vuitton (b. 1821)
• 1902 » Harry "Breaker" Morant, English-Australian lieutenant (b. 1864)
• 1921 » Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (b. 1906)