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Day of marriage May 20, 1848

• The temperature on May 20, 1848 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken. 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).
• From November 21, 1848 till November 1, 1849 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Kempenaer - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. J.M. de Kempenaer (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
• In the year 1848: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
  • March 18 » March Revolution: In Berlin there is a struggle between citizens and military, costing about 300 lives.
  • March 23 » The ship John Wickliffe arrives at Port Chalmers carrying the first Scottish settlers for Dunedin, New Zealand. Otago province is founded.
  • June 26 » End of the June Days Uprising in Paris.
  • August 14 » Oregon Territory is organized by act of Congress.
  • September 13 » Vermont railroad worker Phineas Gage survives an iron rod 1⁄₄ inches (3.2cm) in diameter being driven through his brain; the reported effects on his behavior and personality stimulate discussion of the nature of the brain and its functions.
  • September 29 » The Battle of Pákozd is a stalemate between Hungarian and Croatian forces, and is the first battle of the Hungarian Revolution.

Day of death January 9, 1865

• The temperature on January 9, 1865 was about 4.1 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 1865: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • March 29 » American Civil War: Federal forces under Major General Philip Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins.
  • April 26 » American Civil War: Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrenders his army to General William Tecumseh Sherman at the Bennett Place near Durham, North Carolina. Also the date of Confederate Memorial Day for two states.
  • June 11 » The Naval Battle of the Riachuelo is fought on the rivulet Riachuelo (Argentina), between the Paraguayan Navy on one side and the Brazilian Navy on the other. The Brazilian victory was crucial for the later success of the Triple Alliance (Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina) in the Paraguayan War.
  • June 19 » Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are finally informed of their freedom. The anniversary is still officially celebrated in Texas and 41 other contiguous states as Juneteenth.
  • December 1 » Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.
  • December 6 » Georgia ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1848 » Caroline Herschel, German-English astronomer (b. 1750)
• 1856 » Neophytos Vamvas, Greek cleric and educator (b. 1770)
• 1858 » Anson Jones, American physician and politician; 4th President of the Republic of Texas (b. 1798)
• 1873 » Napoleon III, French politician, 1st President of France (b. 1808)
• 1876 » Samuel Gridley Howe, American physician and activist (b. 1801)
• 1878 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (b. 1820)