The temperature on September 2, 1837 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt regen. 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).
January 26 » Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state.
May 3 » The University of Athens is founded in Athens, Greece.
June 11 » The Broad Street Riot occurs in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between Yankees and Irish.
June 20 » Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.
July 4 » Grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool.
December 17 » A fire in the Winter Palace of Saint Petersburg kills 30 guards.
Day of marriage May 26, 1864
The temperature on May 26, 1864 was about 10.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. 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.
May 20 » American Civil War: Battle of Ware Bottom Church: In the Virginia Bermuda Hundred campaign, 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory.
May 21 » Russia declares an end to the Russo-Circassian War and many Circassians are forced into exile. The day is designated the Circassian Day of Mourning.
July 8 » Ikedaya Incident: The Choshu Han shishi's planned Shinsengumi sabotage on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya.
September 7 » American Civil War: Atlanta is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.
October 19 » American Civil War: The Battle of Cedar Creek ends the last Confederate threat to Washington, DC.
December 22 » American Civil War: Savannah, Georgia, falls to the forces of General Sherman.
Day of death January 14, 1911
The temperature on January 14, 1911 was between -9.1 °C and -4.6 °C and averaged -6.9 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
April 29 » Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
July 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
September 24 » His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.
November 17 » Omega Psi Phi fraternity was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
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