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Christening day November 20, 1791

• The temperature on November 20, 1791 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. 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
  • 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).
  • May 15 » French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance.
  • July 17 » Members of the French National Guard under the command of General Lafayette open fire on a crowd of radical Jacobins at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution, killing scores of people.
  • August 22 » Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.
  • August 30 » HMSPandora sinks after having run aground on the outer Great Barrier Reef the previous day.
  • December 15 » The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.

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
  • February 7 » The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid, Missouri.
  • February 27 » Argentine War of Independence: Manuel Belgrano raises the Flag of Argentina in the city of Rosario for the first time.
  • March 26 » A political cartoon in the Boston Gazette coins the term "gerrymander" to describe oddly shaped electoral districts designed to help incumbents win reelection.
  • July 22 » Napoleonic Wars: Peninsular War: Battle of Salamanca: British forces led by Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) defeat French troops near Salamanca, Spain.
  • September 3 » Twenty-four settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre in Indiana.
  • October 19 » The French invasion of Russia fails when Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow.

Day of death September 2, 1874

• The temperature on September 2, 1874 was about 20.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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.
  • February 28 » One of the longest cases ever heard in an English court ends when the defendant is convicted of perjury for attempting to assume the identity of the heir to the Tichborne baronetcy.
  • May 9 » The first horsebus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
  • May 27 » The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • December 29 » The military coup of Gen. Martinez Campos in Sagunto ends the failed First Spanish Republic and the monarchy is restored as Prince Alfonso is proclaimed King of Spain.

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• 1865 » William Rowan Hamilton, Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1805)
• 1872 » N. F. S. Grundtvig, Danish pastor, philosopher, and author (b. 1783)
• 1877 » Constantine Kanaris, Greek admiral and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1793)
• 1885 » Giuseppe Bonavia, Maltese architect (b. 1821)
• 1898 » Wilford Woodruff, American religious leader, 4th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1807)
• 1910 » Henri Rousseau, French painter (b. 1844)