Family tree Weening » Schelte Minkes Ferwerda (1785-1861)

Christening day October 26, 1785

• The temperature on October 26, 1785 was about 4.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. 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 1785: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 7 » Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon.
  • January 20 » Invading Siamese forces attempt to exploit the political chaos in Vietnam, but are ambushed and annihilated at the Mekong river by the Tây Sơn in the Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút.
  • January 27 » The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States.
  • November 28 » The first Treaty of Hopewell is signed, by which the United States acknowledges Cherokee lands in what is now East Tennessee.

Day of death December 6, 1861

• The temperature on December 6, 1861 was about -0.4 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 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)
• 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).
• From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
• In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 10 » Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
  • May 13 » Pakistan's (then a part of British India) first railway line opens, from Karachi to Kotri.
  • July 16 » American Civil War: At the order of President Abraham Lincoln, Union troops begin a 25-mile march into Virginia for what will become the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the war.
  • August 19 » First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps.
  • August 29 » American Civil War: The Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries gives Federal forces control of Pamlico Sound.
  • November 21 » American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin Secretary of War.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1855 » William John Swainson, English ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1789)
• 1867 » Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist and academic (b. 1794)
• 1868 » August Schleicher, German linguist and academic (b. 1821)
• 1878 » Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter and educator (b. 1814)
• 1879 » Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American businessman (b. 1814)
• 1882 » Alfred Escher, Swiss businessman and politician, founded Credit Suisse (b. 1819)