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Christening day October 11, 1789

• The temperature on October 11, 1789 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. 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
  • May 5 » In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
  • July 15 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, is named by acclamation Colonel General of the new National Guard of Paris.
  • September 25 » The United States Congress passes twelve constitutional amendments: the ten known as the Bill of Rights, the (unratified) Congressional Apportionment Amendment, and the Congressional Compensation Amendment.
  • November 20 » New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
  • November 21 » North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.
  • November 26 » A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as proclaimed by President George Washington at the request of Congress.

Day of marriage April 8, 1812

• The temperature on April 8, 1812 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt sneeuw. 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
  • January 10 » The first steamboat on the Ohio River or the Mississippi River arrives in New Orleans, 82 days after departing from Pittsburgh.
  • February 27 » Argentine War of Independence: Manuel Belgrano raises the Flag of Argentina in the city of Rosario for the first time.
  • June 18 » The United States declaration of war upon the United Kingdom is signed by President James Madison, beginning the War of 1812.
  • August 24 » Peninsular War: A coalition of Spanish, British, and Portuguese forces succeed in lifting the two-and-a-half-year-long Siege of Cádiz.
  • September 15 » The Grande Armée under Napoleon reaches the Kremlin in Moscow.
  • December 14 » The French invasion of Russia comes to an end as the remnants of the Grande Armée are expelled from Russia.

Day of death November 7, 1874

• The temperature on November 7, 1874 was about 12.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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 July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
• From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
• In the year 1874: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • March 15 » France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
  • May 27 » The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.
  • June 29 » Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" leveling complaints against King George. Trikoupis is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.
  • July 8 » The Mounties begin their March West.
  • July 31 » Dr. Patrick Francis Healy became the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown University.
  • November 25 » The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1837 » Elijah Parish Lovejoy, American minister and journalist (b. 1809)
• 1862 » Bahadur Shah II, Mughal emperor (b. 1775)
• 1872 » Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician and academic (b. 1833)
• 1881 » John MacHale, Irish archbishop (b. 1791)
• 1906 » Heinrich Seidel, German engineer and poet (b. 1842)
• 1907 » Jesús García, Mexican railroad brakeman (b. 1881)