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Christening day June 28, 1789

• The temperature on June 28, 1789 was about 14.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. 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 1789: Source: Wikipedia
  • June 20 » Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
  • July 14 » French Revolution: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille.
  • July 27 » The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
  • September 22 » Battle of Rymnik: Alexander Suvorov's Russian and allied army defeats superior Ottoman Empire forces.
  • September 29 » The 1st United States Congress adjourns.
  • November 20 » New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.

Day of marriage February 29, 1812

• The temperature on February 29, 1812 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: omtrent 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 1812: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 7 » The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid, Missouri.
  • May 16 » Imperial Russia signs the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the Russo-Turkish War. The Ottoman Empire cedes Bessarabia to Russia.
  • June 1 » War of 1812: U.S. President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom.
  • August 16 » War of 1812: American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit without a fight to the British Army.
  • September 4 » War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Harrison begins when the fort is set on fire.
  • October 25 » War of 1812: The American frigate, USSUnited States, commanded by Stephen Decatur, captures the British frigate HMSMacedonian.

Day of death September 17, 1862

• The temperature on September 17, 1862 was about 18.9 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. 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 March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
• 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 1862: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • March 23 » American Civil War: The First Battle of Kernstown, Virginia, marks the start of Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign. Although a Confederate defeat, the engagement distracts Federal efforts to capture Richmond.
  • April 5 » American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins.
  • July 4 » Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels.
  • August 9 » American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain: At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope.
  • September 13 » American Civil War: Union soldiers find a copy of Robert E. Lee's battle plans in a field outside Frederick, Maryland. It is the prelude to the Battle of Antietam.
  • October 8 » American Civil War: The Confederate invasion of Kentucky is halted at the Battle of Perryville.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1852 » Francisco Javier Echeverría, Mexican businessman and politician. President (1841) (b. 1797)
• 1858 » Dred Scott, American slave (b. 1795)
• 1863 » Alfred de Vigny, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1797)
• 1863 » Charles Robert Cockerell, English archaeologist and architect (b. 1788)
• 1864 » Walter Savage Landor, English author and poet (b. 1775)
• 1868 » Roman Nose, Native American warrior (b. circa 1823)