Family tree Weening » Jan Doekes Wielsma (1788-1871)

Christening day October 19, 1788

• The temperature on October 19, 1788 was about 6.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind 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 1788: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 18 » The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from Great Britain to Australia arrive at Botany Bay.
  • January 20 » The third and main part of First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay. Arthur Phillip decides that Port Jackson is a more suitable location for a colony.
  • February 6 » Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
  • May 23 » South Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution as the eighth American state.
  • June 7 » French Revolution: Day of the Tiles: Civilians in Grenoble toss roof tiles and various objects down upon royal troops.
  • June 25 » Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.

Day of marriage April 23, 1812

• The temperature on April 23, 1812 was about 2.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: half bewolkt sneeuw. 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 1812: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 16 » The Siege of Badajoz begins: British and Portuguese forces besiege and defeat the French garrison during the Peninsular War.
  • March 26 » An earthquake devastates Caracas, Venezuela.
  • May 11 » Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons.
  • June 18 » The United States declaration of war upon the United Kingdom is signed by President James Madison, beginning the War of 1812.
  • October 25 » War of 1812: The American frigate, USSUnited States, commanded by Stephen Decatur, captures the British frigate HMSMacedonian.
  • December 14 » The French invasion of Russia comes to an end as the remnants of the Grande Armée are expelled from Russia.

Day of death April 9, 1871

• The temperature on April 9, 1871 was about 8.5 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 52%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
• In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 18 » Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed Kaiser Wilhelm in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles (France) towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. Wilhelm already had the title of German Emperor since the constitution of 1 January 1871, but he had hesitated to accept the title.
  • March 22 » In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
  • April 1 » The 3rd Duke of Buckingham opened the Brill Tramway, a short railway line to transport goods between his lands and the national rail network.
  • May 28 » The Paris Commune falls after two months.
  • September 20 » Bishop John Coleridge Patteson, first bishop of Melanesia, is martyred on Nukapu, now in the Solomon Islands.
  • December 26 » Thespis, the first Gilbert and Sullivan collaboration, debuts. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years and the score has been lost.

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• 1872 » Erastus Corning, American businessman and politician (b. 1794)
• 1876 » Charles Goodyear, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (b. 1828)
• 1889 » Michel Eugène Chevreul, French chemist and academic (b. 1786)
• 1909 » Helena Modjeska, Polish-American actress (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Raymond Whittindale, English rugby player (b. 1883)