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Christening day January 11, 1835

• The temperature on January 11, 1835 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt sneeuw mist. 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 1835: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
  • January 7 » HMSBeagle, with Charles Darwin on board, drops anchor off the Chonos Archipelago.
  • January 24 » Slaves in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, stage a revolt, which is instrumental in ending slavery there 50 years later.
  • September 15 » HMSBeagle, with Charles Darwin aboard, reaches the Galápagos Islands. The ship lands at Chatham or San Cristobal, the easternmost of the archipelago.
  • October 2 » Texas Revolution: Mexican troops attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia.
  • December 9 » Texas Revolution: The Texian Army captures San Antonio, Texas.
  • December 29 » The Treaty of New Echota is signed, ceding all the lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States.

Day of marriage May 16, 1863

• The temperature on May 16, 1863 was about 13.6 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 1863: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 26 » American Civil War: Governor of Massachusetts John Albion Andrew receives permission from the Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent.
  • May 17 » Rosalía de Castro publishes Cantares Gallegos, the first book in the Galician language.
  • June 9 » American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.
  • September 19 » American Civil War: The first day of the Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, the bloodiest two-day battle of the conflict, and the only significant Confederate victory in the war's Western Theater.
  • October 26 » The Football Association is founded.
  • October 31 » The New Zealand Wars resume as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron begin their Invasion of the Waikato.

Day of death November 14, 1901

• The temperature on November 14, 1901 was between 0.9 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
  • January 22 » Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
  • June 11 » The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
  • August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
  • September 7 » The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
  • September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
  • December 3 » In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits".

Source: Wikipedia

• 1907 » Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1848)
• 1908 » Guangxu Emperor of China (b. 1871)
• 1910 » John La Farge, American artist (b. 1835)
• 1914 » Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar, Indian lawyer and journalist (b. 1861)
• 1915 » Booker T. Washington, American educator, essayist and historian (b. 1856)
• 1916 » Henry George, Jr., American journalist and politician (b. 1862)