Family tree Weening » Saapke Sakes Huberts (1789-1865)

Christening day February 4, 1789

• The temperature on February 4, 1789 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: veel regen winderig. Source: KNMI
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1789: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 21 » The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth by William Hill Brown, is printed in Boston.
  • April 7 » Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
  • April 28 » Mutiny on the Bounty: Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island.
  • April 30 » On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.
  • June 8 » James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in Congress.
  • November 26 » A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as proclaimed by President George Washington at the request of Congress.

Day of death March 17, 1865

• The temperature on March 17, 1865 was about 1.8 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 17 » American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina, is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.
  • April 20 » Astronomer Angelo Secchi demonstrates the Secchi disk, which measures water clarity, aboard Pope Pius IX's yacht, the L'Immaculata Concezion.
  • June 19 » Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are finally informed of their freedom. The anniversary is still officially celebrated in Texas and 41 other contiguous states as Juneteenth.
  • June 23 » American Civil War: At Fort Towson in the Oklahoma Territory, Confederate Brigadier General Stand Watie surrenders the last significant Confederate army.
  • July 21 » In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first western showdown.
  • July 31 » The first narrow-gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1846 » Friedrich Bessel, German astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1784)
• 1849 » William II, Dutch sovereign prince and king (b. 1792)
• 1853 » Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist and mathematician (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Robert Chambers, Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap (b. 1802)
• 1875 » Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1832)
• 1893 » Jules Ferry, French lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of France (b. 1832)