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Christening day June 6, 1808

• The temperature on June 6, 1808 was about 17.0 °C. There was 176 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: zeer 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).
• In the year 1808: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 12 » John Rennie's scheme to defend St Mary's Church, Reculver, founded in 669, from coastal erosion is abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon architecture and sculpture.
  • January 26 » The Rum Rebellion is the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in New South Wales.
  • May 2 » Outbreak of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation. Francisco de Goya later memorializes this event in his painting The Second of May 1808.
  • May 3 » Finnish War: Sweden loses the fortress of Sveaborg to Russia.
  • May 3 » Peninsular War: The Madrid rebels who rose up on May 2 are executed near Príncipe Pío hill.
  • September 14 » Finnish War: Russians defeat the Swedes at the Battle of Oravais.

Day of marriage December 26, 1862

• The temperature on December 26, 1862 was about 5.9 °C. The air pressure was 19 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
• 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 1862: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • March 7 » American Civil War: Union forces engage Confederate troops at the Pea Ridge in northwestern Arkansas.
  • April 20 » Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the experiment disproving the theory of spontaneous generation.
  • June 1 » American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: The Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory.
  • June 5 » As the Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France, the guerrilla leader Trương Định decides to defy Emperor Tự Đức of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans.
  • July 23 » American Civil War: Henry Halleck takes command of the Union Army.
  • August 6 » American Civil War: The Confederate ironclad CSSArkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering catastrophic engine failure near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Day of death August 16, 1885

• The temperature on August 16, 1885 was about 16.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
  • March 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
  • April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
  • June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
  • September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
  • October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.

Source: Wikipedia

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