Family tree Weening » Cornelia Louwes Wiersma (1792-1860)

Christening day August 12, 1792

• The temperature on August 12, 1792 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. 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 1792: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 9 » Treaty of Jassy between Russian and Ottoman Empire is signed.
  • February 20 » The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington.
  • August 10 » French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace: Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody as his Swiss Guards are massacred by the Parisian mob.
  • September 22 » Primidi Vendémiaire of year one of the French Republican Calendar as the French First Republic comes into being.
  • October 12 » The first celebration of Columbus Day is held in New York City.
  • October 29 » Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who sighted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River.

Day of marriage July 23, 1814

• The temperature on July 23, 1814 was about 23.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 1814: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 18 » Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Montereau.
  • March 10 » Emperor Napoleon I is defeated at the Battle of Laon in France.
  • April 11 » The Treaty of Fontainebleau ends the War of the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon Bonaparte, and forces him to abdicate unconditionally for the first time.
  • July 13 » The Carabinieri, the national gendarmerie of Italy, is established.
  • July 24 » War of 1812: General Phineas Riall advances toward the Niagara River to halt Jacob Brown's American invaders.
  • August 14 » A cease fire agreement, called the Convention of Moss, ended the Swedish–Norwegian War.

Day of death March 15, 1860

• The temperature on March 15, 1860 was about 5.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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 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).
• From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
• In the year 1860: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
  • March 24 » Sakuradamon Incident: Assassination of Japanese Chief Minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke.
  • April 6 » The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, later renamed Community of Christ, is organized by Joseph Smith III and others at Amboy, Illinois.
  • September 8 » The steamship PSLady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.
  • September 21 » Second Opium War: An Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.
  • October 17 » First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open).
  • October 18 » The Second Opium War finally ends at the Convention of Peking with the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin, an unequal treaty.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1832 » Otto Wilhelm Masing, Estonian linguist and clergyman (b. 1763)
• 1842 » Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer and theorist (b. 1760)
• 1849 » Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Italian cardinal and linguist (b. 1774)
• 1891 » Joseph Bazalgette, English engineer and academic (b. 1819)
• 1897 » James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician and academic (b. 1814)
• 1898 » Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman (b. 1813)