Family tree Weening » Salomon Jans van Veen (1782-1868)

Christening day November 3, 1782

• The temperature on November 3, 1782 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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 1782: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 16 » Anglo-Spanish War (1779): Action of 16 March 1782.
  • April 9 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of the Saintes begins.
  • June 10 » King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) is crowned.
  • June 20 » The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
  • July 1 » Raid on Lunenburg: American privateers attack the British settlement of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
  • December 14 » The Montgolfier brothers first test fly an unmanned hot air balloon in France; it floats nearly 2km (1.2mi).

Day of marriage February 28, 1808

• The temperature on February 28, 1808 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: winderig half bewolkt. 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 1808: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 1 » The United States bans the importation of slaves.
  • February 11 » Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.
  • April 6 » John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company, that would eventually make him America's first millionaire.
  • April 8 » The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baltimore is promoted to an archdiocese, with the founding of the dioceses of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Bardstown (now Louisville) by Pope Pius VII.
  • August 21 » Battle of Vimeiro: British and Portuguese forces led by General Arthur Wellesley defeat French force under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the Peninsular War.
  • December 20 » The original Garden Theatre in London is destroyed by a fire, along with most of the scenery, costumes and scripts.

Day of death March 25, 1868

• The temperature on March 25, 1868 was about 5.2 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. 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 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
• 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 1868: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 27 » Boshin War: The Battle of Toba–Fushimi begins, between forces of the Tokugawa shogunate and pro-Imperial factions; it will end in defeat for the shogunate, and is a pivotal point in the Meiji Restoration.
  • February 24 » Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.
  • April 11 » Former shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.
  • May 30 » Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "Memorial Day") is observed in the United States for the first time after a proclamation by John A. Logan, head of the Grand Army of the Republic (a veterans group).
  • July 25 » The Wyoming Territory is established.
  • September 23 » Grito de Lares ("Lares Revolt") occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1857 » William Colgate, English-American businessman and philanthropist, founded Colgate-Palmolive (b. 1783)
• 1860 » James Braid, Scottish-English surgeon (b. 1795)
• 1869 » Edward Bates, American politician and lawyer (b. 1793)
• 1873 » Wilhelm Marstrand, Danish painter and illustrator (b. 1810)
• 1907 » Ernst von Bergmann, Latvian-German surgeon and academic (b. 1836)
• 1908 » Durham Stevens, American diplomat (b. 1851)