The temperature on May 25, 1850 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
July 9 » U.S. President Zachary Taylor dies after eating raw fruit and iced milk; he is succeeded in office by Vice President Millard Fillmore.
July 10 » U.S. President Millard Fillmore is sworn in, a day after becoming president upon Zachary Taylor's death.
September 18 » The U.S. Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
September 29 » The papal bull Universalis Ecclesiae restores the Roman Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales.
December 16 » The Charlotte Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton, New Zealand.
Day of marriage May 23, 1875
The temperature on May 23, 1875 was about 18.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 27 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 41%. Source: KNMI
From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
January 5 » The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris.
March 3 » Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
March 3 » The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.
April 10 » India: Arya Samaj is founded in Mumbai by Swami Dayananda Saraswati to propagate his goal of social reform.
May 17 » Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby with the jockey Oliver Lewis (2:37.75)
December 4 » Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.
Day of death June 2, 1927
The temperature on June 2, 1927 was between 10.9 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
May 26 » The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
August 7 » The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
August 16 » The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
December 3 » Putting Pants on Philip, the first Laurel and Hardy film, is released.
December 8 » The Brookings Institution, one of the United States' oldest think tanks, is founded through the merger of three organizations that had been created by philanthropist Robert S. Brookings.
December 11 » Guangzhou Uprising: Communist Red Guards launch an uprising in Guangzhou, China, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet.
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