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Day of marriage June 16, 1833

• The temperature on June 16, 1833 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: betrokken regen winderig. 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 1833: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
  • April 1 » The Convention of 1833, a political gathering of settlers in Mexican Texas to help draft a series of petitions to the Mexican government, begins in San Felipe de Austin.
  • May 11 » The Lady of the Lake strikes an iceberg off Newfoundland and sinks with the loss of up to 265 passengers and crew.
  • July 5 » Admiral Charles Napier vanquishes the navy of the Portuguese usurper Dom Miguel at the third Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
  • July 5 » Lê Văn Khôi along with 27 soldiers stage a mutiny taking over the Phiên An citadel, developing into the Lê Văn Khôi revolt against Emperor Minh Mạng.
  • July 11 » Noongar Australian aboriginal warrior Yagan, wanted for the murder of white colonists in Western Australia, is killed.
  • December 18 » The national anthem of the Russian Empire, "God Save the Tsar!", is first performed.

Day of death March 5, 1876

• The temperature on March 5, 1876 was about 5.7 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
• In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • February 2 » The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
  • February 26 » Japan and Korea sign a treaty granting Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights, opening three ports to Japanese trade, and ending Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing dynasty China.
  • April 11 » The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
  • April 22 » The first game in the history of the National League was played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia. This game is often pointed to as the beginning of Major League Baseball.
  • October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.
  • December 23 » First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1849 » David Scott, Scottish historical painter (b. 1806)
• 1876 » Marie d'Agoult, German-French historian and author (b. 1805)
• 1893 » Hippolyte Taine, French historian and critic (b. 1828)
• 1895 » Nikolai Leskov, Russian author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1831)
• 1895 » Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, English general and scholar (b. 1810)
• 1907 » Friedrich Blass, German philologist, scholar, and academic (b. 1843)