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Christening day January 11, 1789

• The temperature on January 11, 1789 was about -2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw. 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
  • January 21 » The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth by William Hill Brown, is printed in Boston.
  • January 23 » Georgetown College, the first Catholic university in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.).
  • June 17 » In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly.
  • July 14 » Alexander Mackenzie finally completes his journey to the mouth of the great river he hoped would take him to the Pacific, but which turns out to flow into the Arctic Ocean. Later named after him, the Mackenzie is the second-longest river system in North America.
  • July 27 » The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
  • December 11 » The University of North Carolina is chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly.

Day of marriage May 15, 1812

• The temperature on May 15, 1812 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
•  This page is only available in Dutch.
  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 1812: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 26 » An earthquake devastates Caracas, Venezuela.
  • May 16 » Imperial Russia signs the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the Russo-Turkish War. The Ottoman Empire cedes Bessarabia to Russia.
  • June 23 » War of 1812: Great Britain revokes the restrictions on American commerce, thus eliminating one of the chief reasons for going to war.
  • August 11 » Peninsular War: French troops engage British-Portuguese forces in the Battle of Majadahonda.
  • December 17 » War of 1812: U.S. forces attack a Lenape village in the Battle of the Mississinewa.
  • December 29 » USSConstitution, under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures HMSJava off the coast of Brazil after a three-hour battle.

Day of death April 22, 1863

• The temperature on April 22, 1863 was about 11.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 24 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 8 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield.
  • January 11 » American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post: General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.
  • June 14 » Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War.
  • July 4 » American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia withdraws from the battlefield after losing the Battle of Gettysburg, signalling an end to the Confederate invasion of U.S. territory.
  • August 21 » Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by pro-Confederate guerrillas known as Quantrill's Raiders.
  • November 17 » American Civil War: Siege of Knoxville begins: Confederate forces led by General James Longstreet place Knoxville, Tennessee, under siege.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1833 » Richard Trevithick, English engineer and explorer (b. 1771)
• 1850 » Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Estonian philologist and physician (b. 1798)
• 1854 » Nicolás Bravo, Mexican general and politician, 11th President of Mexico (b. 1786)
• 1871 » Martín Carrera, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1806)
• 1877 » James P. Kirkwood, Scottish-American engineer (b. 1807)
• 1892 » Édouard Lalo, French violinist and composer (b. 1823)