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Christening day November 9, 1788

• The temperature on November 9, 1788 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. 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 1788: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 1 » First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published.
  • January 2 » Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
  • January 19 » The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay.
  • March 21 » A fire in New Orleans leaves most of the town in ruins.
  • June 21 » New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
  • September 13 » The Philadelphia Convention sets the date for the first presidential election in the United States, and New York City becomes the country's temporary capital.

Day of marriage May 20, 1815

• The temperature on May 20, 1815 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: regen omtrent 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 1815: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 15 » War of 1812: American frigate USSPresident, commanded by Commodore Stephen Decatur, is captured by a squadron of four British frigates.
  • March 1 » Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba.
  • March 2 » Signing of the Kandyan Convention treaty by British invaders and the leaders of the Kingdom of Kandy.
  • May 3 » Neapolitan War: Joachim Murat, King of Naples is defeated by the Austrians at the Battle of Tolentino, the decisive engagement of the war.
  • June 1 » Napoleon promulgates a revised Constitution after it passes a plebiscite.
  • July 15 » Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders aboard HMSBellerophon.

Day of death July 9, 1861

• The temperature on July 9, 1861 was about 15.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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.
  • March 4 » The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted.
  • March 11 » American Civil War: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted.
  • April 29 » American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.
  • July 25 » American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Crittenden–Johnson Resolution, stating that the war is being fought to preserve the Union and not to end slavery.
  • November 8 » American Civil War: The "Trent Affair": The USSSan Jacinto stops the British mail ship Trent and arrests two Confederate envoys, sparking a diplomatic crisis between the UK and US.
  • December 26 » American Civil War: The Trent Affair: Confederate diplomatic envoys James Murray Mason and John Slidell are freed by the United States government, thus heading off a possible war between the United States and the United Kingdom.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1850 » Báb, Persian religious leader, founded Bábism (b. 1819)
• 1850 » Zachary Taylor, American general and politician, 12th President of the United States (b. 1784)
• 1852 » Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, American lawyer and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1794)
• 1856 » Amedeo Avogadro, Italian chemist and academic (b. 1776)
• 1856 » James Strang, American religious leader and politician (b. 1813)
• 1880 » Paul Broca, French physician and anatomist (b. 1824)