The temperature on May 25, 1859 was about 23.1 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 43%. 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 March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
July 8 » King Charles XV & IV accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.
July 30 » First ascent of Grand Combin, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
August 16 » The Grand Duchy of Tuscany formally deposes the exiled House of Lorraine.
August 27 » Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world's first commercially successful oil well.
October 16 » John Brown leads a raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
November 24 » Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.
Day of marriage March 25, 1882
The temperature on March 25, 1882 was about 9.7 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. Source: KNMI
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.
March 4 » Britain's first electric trams run in east London.
March 6 » The Serbian kingdom is re-founded.
April 3 » American Old West: Robert Ford kills Jesse James.
May 6 » The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
June 6 » The Shewan forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River.
October 16 » The Nickel Plate Railroad opens for business.
Day of death September 8, 1923
The temperature on September 8, 1923 was between 5.3 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
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.
January 11 » Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
February 10 » Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas
February 16 » Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
March 20 » The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of Pablo Picasso's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an early proponent of modern art in the United States.
April 15 » Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
October 15 » The German Rentenmark is introduced in Germany to counter hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic.
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