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Christening day October 25, 1770

• The temperature on October 25, 1770 was about 10.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: regen 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 1770: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 20 » The Georgian king, Erekle II, abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben, wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza.
  • May 26 » The Orlov Revolt, an attempt to revolt against the Ottoman Empire before the Greek War of Independence, ends in disaster for the Greeks.
  • June 11 » British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
  • July 7 » The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.
  • August 21 » James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
  • August 22 » James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.

Day of marriage March 31, 1793

• The temperature on March 31, 1793 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 1793: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 23 » Battle of Famars during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
  • September 8 » French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote.
  • October 13 » French Revolutionary Wars: Austro-Prussian victory over Republican France at the First Battle of Wissembourg.
  • October 16 » War of the First Coalition: French victory at the Battle of Wattignies forces Austria to raise the siege of Maubeuge.
  • November 10 » A Goddess of Reason is proclaimed by the French Convention at the suggestion of Pierre Gaspard Chaumette.
  • December 9 » New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.

Day of death January 23, 1848

• The temperature on January 23, 1848 was about -3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: 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).
• From November 21, 1848 till November 1, 1849 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Kempenaer - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. J.M. de Kempenaer (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
• In the year 1848: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
  • February 24 » King Louis-Philippe of France abdicates the throne.
  • July 11 » Waterloo railway station in London opens.
  • July 20 » The first Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York, a two-day event, concludes.
  • July 29 » Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt: In County Tipperary, Ireland, then in the United Kingdom, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule is put down by police.
  • September 12 » A new constitution marks the establishment of Switzerland as a federal state.
  • September 13 » Vermont railroad worker Phineas Gage survives an iron rod 1⁄₄ inches (3.2cm) in diameter being driven through his brain; the reported effects on his behavior and personality stimulate discussion of the nature of the brain and its functions.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1820 » Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (b. 1767)
• 1833 » Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, English admiral and politician (b. 1757)
• 1837 » John Field, Irish pianist and composer (b. 1782)
• 1866 » Thomas Love Peacock, English author and poet (b. 1785)
• 1875 » Charles Kingsley English priest and author (b. 1819)
• 1883 » Gustave Doré, French engraver and illustrator (b. 1832)