Family tree Weening » Klaas Jans Smeding (1790-1875)

Christening day May 16, 1790

• The temperature on May 16, 1790 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 1790: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 1 » The first United States census is authorized.
  • May 31 » Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
  • July 16 » The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act.
  • September 25 » Four Great Anhui Troupes introduce Anhui opera to Beijing in honor of the Qianlong Emperor's eightieth birthday.
  • October 9 » A severe earthquake in northern Algeria causes severe damage and a tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea and kills three thousand.
  • December 17 » The Aztec calendar stone is discovered at El Zócalo, Mexico City.

Day of marriage April 22, 1812

• The temperature on April 22, 1812 was about 5.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt bui. 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
  • May 18 » John Bellingham is found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging for the assassination of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval.
  • June 18 » The United States declaration of war upon the United Kingdom is signed by President James Madison, beginning the War of 1812.
  • September 4 » War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Harrison begins when the fort is set on fire.
  • September 15 » The Grande Armée under Napoleon reaches the Kremlin in Moscow.
  • September 18 » The 1812 Fire of Moscow dies down after destroying more than three-quarters of the city. Napoleon returns from the Petrovsky Palace to the Moscow Kremlin, spared from the fire.
  • November 3 » Napoleon's armies are defeated at the Battle of Vyazma.

Day of death January 14, 1875

• The temperature on January 14, 1875 was about 7.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 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 1875: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • February 24 » The SSGothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.
  • March 3 » Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
  • May 1 » Alexandra Palace reopens after being burned down in a fire in 1873.
  • August 25 » Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 21 hours and 45 minutes.
  • September 3 » The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers.
  • December 4 » Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1867 » Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter and illustrator (b. 1780)
• 1874 » Johann Philipp Reis, German physicist and academic, invented the Reis telephone (b. 1834)
• 1883 » Napoléon Coste, French guitarist and composer (b. 1806)
• 1888 » Stephen Heller, Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1813)
• 1889 » Ema Pukšec, Croatian soprano (b. 1834)
• 1892 » Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (b. 1864)