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Christening day October 22, 1848

• The temperature on October 22, 1848 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: 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).
• From November 21, 1848 till November 1, 1849 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Kempenaer - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. J.M. de Kempenaer (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
• In the year 1848: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
  • February 21 » Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish The Communist Manifesto.
  • February 22 » The French Revolution of 1848, which would lead to the establishment of the French Second Republic, begins.
  • February 24 » King Louis-Philippe of France abdicates the throne.
  • May 18 » Opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) in Frankfurt, Germany.
  • June 21 » In the Wallachian Revolution, Ion Heliade Rădulescu and Christian Tell issue the Proclamation of Islaz and create a new republican government.
  • December 2 » Franz Joseph I becomes Emperor of Austria.

Day of marriage April 22, 1915

• The temperature on April 22, 1915 was between -0.8 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
  • January 26 » The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress.
  • February 19 » World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli.
  • April 24 » The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian Genocide.
  • May 9 » World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
  • September 5 » The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.
  • October 13 » First World War: The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos.

Day of death August 21, 1923

• The temperature on August 21, 1923 was between 13.7 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
  • April 28 » Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium.
  • July 24 » The Treaty of Lausanne, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Greece, Bulgaria and other countries that fought in World War I.
  • September 13 » Following a military coup in Spain, Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship.
  • September 29 » The French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon takes effect.
  • October 16 » The Walt Disney Company is founded.
  • November 8 » Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1940 » Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Hermann Obrecht, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
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