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Christening day March 16, 1774

• The temperature on March 16, 1774 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: ijs. 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 1774: Source: Wikipedia
  • June 2 » Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
  • July 4 » Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.
  • August 1 » British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
  • September 1 » Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.
  • September 5 » First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
  • October 26 » The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.

Day of marriage May 20, 1798

• The temperature on May 20, 1798 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer 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).
• In the year 1798: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 15 » The Roman Republic is proclaimed after Louis-Alexandre Berthier, a general of Napoleon, had invaded the city of Rome five days earlier.
  • June 5 » The Battle of New Ross: The attempt to spread the United Irish Rebellion into Munster is defeated.
  • July 7 » As a result of the XYZ Affair, the US Congress rescinds the Treaty of Alliance with France sparking the "Quasi-War".
  • August 31 » Irish Rebellion: Irish rebels, with French assistance, establish the short-lived Republic of Connacht.
  • September 5 » Conscription is made mandatory in France by the Jourdan law.
  • November 28 » Trade between the United States and modern-day Uruguay begins when John Leamy's frigate John arrives in Montevideo.

Day of death March 28, 1860

• The temperature on March 28, 1860 was about 8.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 21 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
• From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
• In the year 1860: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The first Polish stamp is issued, replacing the Russian stamps previously in use.
  • April 3 » The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins.
  • May 3 » Charles XV of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
  • May 18 » Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State.
  • June 23 » The United States Congress establishes the Government Printing Office.
  • September 8 » The steamship PSLady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.

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• 1865 » Petrus Hofman Peerlkamp, Dutch scholar and critic (b. 1786)
• 1866 » Solomon Foot, American lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1868 » James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1797)
• 1870 » George Henry Thomas, American general (b. 1816)
• 1874 » Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish-German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1795)
• 1881 » Modest Mussorgsky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1839)