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Christening day May 20, 1832

• The temperature on May 20, 1832 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder nevel. 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 1832: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
  • March 24 » In Hiram, Ohio, a group of men beat and tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith.
  • June 5 » The June Rebellion breaks out in Paris in an attempt to overthrow the monarchy of Louis Philippe.
  • June 6 » The June Rebellion in Paris is put down by the National Guard.
  • December 20 » HMS Clio under the command of Captain Onslow arrives at Port Egmont under orders to take possession of the Falkland Islands
  • December 21 » Egyptian–Ottoman War: Egyptian forces decisively defeat Ottoman troops at the Battle of Konya.
  • December 28 » John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to resign.

Day of marriage June 21, 1862

• The temperature on June 21, 1862 was about 15.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. 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 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 Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 10 » American Civil War: A Union naval flotilla destroys the bulk of the Confederate Mosquito Fleet in the Battle of Elizabeth City on the Pasquotank River in North Carolina.
  • April 5 » American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins.
  • April 29 » American Civil War: The Capture of New Orleans by Union forces under David Farragut.
  • July 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Malvern Hill takes place. It is the last of the Seven Days Battles, part of George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign.
  • July 18 » First ascent of Dent Blanche, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
  • August 30 » American Civil War: Battle of Richmond: Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout Union forces under General William "Bull" Nelson.

Day of death August 31, 1883

• The temperature on August 31, 1883 was about 17.6 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1883: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 19 » The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
  • February 23 » Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.
  • August 21 » An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
  • September 8 » The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was completed in a ceremony at Gold Creek, Montana. Former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in an event attended by rail and political luminaries.
  • December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.
  • December 21 » The Royal Canadian Dragoons and The Royal Canadian Regiment, the first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the Canadian Army, are formed.

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• 1867 » Charles Baudelaire, French poet and critic (b. 1821)
• 1869 » Mary Ward, Irish astronomer and entomologist (b. 1827)
• 1884 » Robert Torrens, Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (b. 1814)
• 1908 » Leslie Green, English architect (b. 1875)
• 1910 » Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer, conductor, and music critic (b. 1875)
• 1912 » Jean, duc Decazes, French sailor (b. 1864)