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Day of marriage March 6, 1842

• The temperature on March 6, 1842 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: helder. 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 1842: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
  • March 9 » The first documented discovery of gold in California occurs at Rancho San Francisco, six years before the California Gold Rush.
  • March 17 » The Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is formed.
  • May 16 » The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail from Elm Grove, Missouri, with 100 pioneers.
  • May 30 » John Francis attempts to murder Queen Victoria as she drives down Constitution Hill in London with Prince Albert.
  • August 1 » The Lombard Street riot erupts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
  • August 9 » The Webster–Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States–Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains.

Day of death December 22, 1897

• The temperature on December 22, 1897 was about -5.1 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1897: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 28 » Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
  • April 18 » The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
  • June 22 » British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
  • July 2 » British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
  • July 26 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province of India.
  • November 1 » The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.

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