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Christening day November 10, 1782

• The temperature on November 10, 1782 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: 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 1782: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 7 » The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opens.
  • March 8 » Gnadenhutten massacre: Ninety-six Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity, are killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indian tribes.
  • March 27 » Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
  • April 21 » The city of Rattanakosin, now known internationally as Bangkok, is founded on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River by King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.
  • June 20 » The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
  • July 1 » Raid on Lunenburg: American privateers attack the British settlement of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

Day of marriage May 17, 1821

• The temperature on May 17, 1821 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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 1821: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 21 » Benderli Ali Pasha arrives in Constantinople as the new Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire; he remains in power for only nine days before being sent into exile.
  • May 12 » The first major battle of the Greek War of Independence against the Turks is fought in Valtetsi.
  • July 23 » While the Mora Rebellion continues, Greeks capture Monemvasia Castle. Turkish troops and citizens are transferred to Asia Minor's coasts.
  • August 4 » The Saturday Evening Post is published for the first time as a weekly newspaper.
  • August 24 » The Treaty of Córdoba is signed in Córdoba, now in Veracruz, Mexico, concluding the Mexican War of Independence from Spain.
  • October 13 » The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire is publicly proclaimed.

Day of death July 15, 1865

• The temperature on July 15, 1865 was about 23.3 °C. 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)
• 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 1865: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 1 » President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • February 17 » American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina, is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.
  • April 13 » American Civil War: Raleigh, North Carolina is occupied by Union Forces.
  • April 20 » Astronomer Angelo Secchi demonstrates the Secchi disk, which measures water clarity, aboard Pope Pius IX's yacht, the L'Immaculata Concezion.
  • July 7 » Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged.
  • November 11 » Treaty of Sinchula is signed whereby Bhutan cedes the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company.

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• 1844 » Claude Charles Fauriel, French philologist and historian (b. 1772)
• 1851 » Juan Felipe Ibarra, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1787)
• 1857 » Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1791)
• 1858 » Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Russian painter (b. 1806)
• 1883 » General Tom Thumb, American circus performer (b. 1838)
• 1885 » Rosalía de Castro, Spanish author and poet (b. 1837)