Family tree Weening » Martentje Andries Zondervan (1788-1868)

Christening day May 11, 1788

• The temperature on May 11, 1788 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. 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 1788: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 18 » The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from Great Britain to Australia arrive at Botany Bay.
  • February 6 » Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
  • March 6 » The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
  • June 7 » French Revolution: Day of the Tiles: Civilians in Grenoble toss roof tiles and various objects down upon royal troops.
  • July 26 » New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state 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 death March 10, 1868

• The temperature on March 10, 1868 was about 6.6 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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.
  • March 23 » The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act is signed into law.
  • April 10 » At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two British/Indian troops die.
  • April 11 » Former shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.
  • June 10 » Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
  • September 19 » La Gloriosa begins in Spain.
  • December 11 » Paraguayan War: Brazilian troops defeat Paraguayan at the Battle of Avay.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1832 » Muzio Clementi, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1752)
• 1861 » Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet, playwright, and ethnographer (b. 1814)
• 1872 » Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1805)
• 1895 » Charles Frederick Worth, English-French fashion designer (b. 1825)
• 1897 » Savitribai Phule, Indian poet and activist (b. 1831)
• 1898 » Marie-Eugénie de Jésus, French nun and saint, founded the Religious of the Assumption (b. 1817)