The temperature on April 21, 1842 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken mist. 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).
February 21 » John Greenough is granted the first U.S. patent for the sewing machine.
March 9 » Giuseppe Verdi's third opera, Nabucco, receives its première performance in Milan; its success establishes Verdi as one of Italy's foremost opera composers.
March 28 » First concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Otto Nicolai.
May 8 » A train derails and catches fire in Paris, killing between 52 and 200 people.
August 14 » American Indian Wars: Second Seminole War ends, with the Seminoles forced from Florida to Oklahoma.
December 7 » First concert of the New York Philharmonic, founded by Ureli Corelli Hill.
Day of marriage December 30, 1865
The temperature on December 30, 1865 was about 2.8 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
April 2 » American Civil War: Defeat at the Third Battle of Petersburg forces the Army of Northern Virginia and the Confederate government to abandon Richmond, Virginia.
April 26 » American Civil War: Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrenders his army to General William Tecumseh Sherman at the Bennett Place near Durham, North Carolina. Also the date of Confederate Memorial Day for two states.
July 7 » Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged.
July 27 » Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
July 30 » The steamboat Brother Jonathan sinks off the coast of Crescent City, California, killing 225 passengers, the deadliest shipwreck on the Pacific Coast of the U.S. at the time.
December 17 » First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert.
Day of death March 21, 1936
The temperature on March 21, 1936 was between 4.1 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 29 » The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
July 18 » On the Spanish mainland, a faction of the army supported by fascists, rises up against the Second Spanish Republic in a coup d'état starting the 3-year-long Civil War, resulting in the longest dictatorship in modern European history.
July 22 » Spanish Civil War: The Popular Executive Committee of Valencia takes power in the Valencian Community.
August 9 » Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad: Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games.
October 5 » The Jarrow March sets off for London.
December 23 » Spanish Civil War: The Spanish Republic legalizes the Regional Defence Council of Aragon.
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