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Day of marriage February 1, 1855

• The temperature on February 1, 1855 was about -10.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
• In the year 1855: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
  • March 2 » Alexander II becomes Tsar of Russia.
  • June 4 » Major Henry C. Wayne departs New York aboard the USSSupply to procure camels to establish the U.S. Camel Corps.
  • June 28 » Sigma Chi fraternity is founded in North America.
  • July 4 » The first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems, Leaves of Grass, is published In Brooklyn.
  • September 29 » The Philippine port of Iloilo is opened to world trade by the Spanish administration.
  • November 16 » David Livingstone becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now Zambia-Zimbabwe.

Day of death July 9, 1866

• The temperature on July 9, 1866 was about 17.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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 Netherlands , there was from February 10, 1866 to June 1, 1866 the cabinet Fransen van de Putte, with I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal) as prime minister.
• From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
• In the year 1866: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • March 27 » President of the United States of America Andrew Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Act of 1866. His veto is overridden by Congress and the bill passes into law on April 9.
  • April 4 » Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Dmitry Karakozov in the city of Saint Petersburg.
  • May 22 » Oliver Winchester founded the Winchester Repeating Arms
  • June 24 » Battle of Custoza: An Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian War.
  • July 3 » Austro-Prussian War is decided at the Battle of Königgrätz, resulting in Prussia taking over as the prominent German nation from Austria.
  • August 17 » The Grand Duchy of Baden announces her withdrawal from the German Confederation and signs a treaty of peace and alliance with Prussia.

Source: Wikipedia

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