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Christening day November 25, 1855

• The temperature on November 25, 1855 was about 3.2 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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 April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
• In the year 1855: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
  • January 28 » A locomotive on the Panama Canal Railway runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean for the first time.
  • February 22 » The Pennsylvania State University is founded in State College, Pennsylvania (as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania).
  • July 1 » Signing of the Quinault Treaty: The Quinault and the Quileute cede their land to the United States.
  • July 4 » The first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems, Leaves of Grass, is published In Brooklyn.
  • August 1 » The first ascent of Monte Rosa, the second highest summit in the Alps.
  • September 29 » The Philippine port of Iloilo is opened to world trade by the Spanish administration.

Day of marriage July 6, 1907

• The temperature on July 6, 1907 was between 8.9 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • January 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
  • July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
  • July 21 » The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
  • September 30 » The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
  • October 27 » Fifteen people are killed in Hungary when a gunman opens fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration.
  • November 16 » Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.

Day of death November 9, 1940

• The temperature on November 9, 1940 was between 1.7 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • February 10 » Cartoon characters Tom and Jerry make their debut with Puss Gets the Boot.
  • April 7 » Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.
  • May 20 » The Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz.
  • June 28 » Romania cedes Bessarabia (current-day Moldova) to the Soviet Union after facing an ultimatum.
  • September 14 » Ip massacre: The Hungarian Army, supported by local Hungarians, kill 158 Romanian civilians in Ip, Sălaj, a village in Northern Transylvania, an act of ethnic cleansing.
  • November 12 » World War II: The Battle of Gabon ends as Free French Forces take Libreville, Gabon, and all of French Equatorial Africa from Vichy French forces.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1937 » Ramsay MacDonald, Scottish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1866)
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• 1940 » Stephen Alencastre, Portuguese-American bishop (b. 1876)
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