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Christening day April 10, 1791

• The temperature on April 10, 1791 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. 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 1791: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 25 » The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
  • March 4 » The Constitutional Act of 1791 is introduced by the British House of Commons in London which envisages the separation of Canada into Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario).
  • March 4 » Vermont is admitted to the United States as the fourteenth state.
  • May 3 » The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
  • August 4 » The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.
  • August 21 » A Vodou ceremony, led by Dutty Boukman, turns into a violent slave rebellion, beginning the Haitian Revolution.

Day of marriage May 6, 1813

• The temperature on May 6, 1813 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: 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 1813: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 20 » Manuel Belgrano defeats the royalist army of Pío de Tristán during the Battle of Salta.
  • May 31 » In Australia, William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth reach Mount Blaxland, effectively marking the end of a route across the Blue Mountains.
  • August 11 » In Colombia, Juan del Corral declares the independence of Antioquia.
  • August 19 » Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina's Second Triumvirate.
  • August 31 » At the final stage of the Peninsular War, British-Portuguese troops capture the town of Donostia (now San Sebastián), resulting in a rampage and eventual destruction of the town. Elsewhere, Spanish troops repel a French attack in the Battle of San Marcial.
  • October 8 » The Treaty of Ried is signed between Bavaria and Austria.

Day of death December 31, 1870

• The temperature on December 31, 1870 was about -4.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
• In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
  • March 30 » Texas is readmitted to the United States Congress following Reconstruction.
  • April 13 » The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.
  • June 26 » The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
  • August 8 » The Republic of Ploiești, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania.
  • October 2 » A plebiscite held in Rome, supports annexation of city of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy.

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• 1872 » Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author and playwright (b. 1834)
• 1876 » Catherine Labouré, French nun and saint (b. 1806)
• 1877 » Gustave Courbet, French-Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1819)
• 1888 » Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi and scholar (b. 1808)
• 1889 » George Kerferd, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Victoria (b. 1831)
• 1889 » Ion Creangă, Romanian author and educator (b. 1837)