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Christening day December 5, 1790

• The temperature on December 5, 1790 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1790: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 8 » George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York City.
  • May 31 » The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790.
  • October 22 » Northwest Indian War: Native American forces defeat the United States in the Harmar Campaign.
  • December 6 » The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia.
  • December 26 » Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution.
  • December 31 » Efimeris, the oldest Greek newspaper of which issues have survived till today, is published for the first time.

Day of marriage April 16, 1820

• The temperature on April 16, 1820 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: omtrent helder betrokken. 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 1820: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 6 » The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society depart New York to start a settlement in present-day Liberia.
  • February 23 » Cato Street Conspiracy: A plot to murder all the British cabinet ministers is exposed.
  • April 8 » The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Milos.
  • April 12 » Alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organization to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece.
  • May 1 » Execution of the Cato Street Conspirators, who plotted to kill the British Cabinet and Prime Minister Lord Liverpool.
  • September 15 » Constitutionalist revolution in Lisbon, Portugal.

Day of death July 14, 1873

• The temperature on July 14, 1873 was about 21.0 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%. 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 July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
• In the year 1873: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • March 3 » Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene literature and articles of immoral use" through the mail.
  • July 1 » Prince Edward Island joins into Canadian Confederation.
  • July 21 » At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.
  • September 1 » Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
  • October 3 » Chief Kintpuash and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War of northern California.
  • November 22 » The French steamer SS Ville du Havre sinks in 12 minutes after colliding with the Scottish iron clipper Loch Earn in the Atlantic, with a loss of 226 lives.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1850 » August Neander, German historian and theologian (b. 1789)
• 1856 » Edward Vernon Utterson, English lawyer and historian (b. 1775)
• 1876 » John Buckley, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1813)
• 1881 » Billy the Kid, American criminal (b. 1859)
• 1904 » Paul Kruger, South African politician, 5th President of the South African Republic (b. 1824)
• 1907 » William Henry Perkin, English chemist and academic (b. 1838)