Family tree Weening » Jan Berends Grimmenga (1791-1860)

Christening day July 3, 1791

• The temperature on July 3, 1791 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-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 1791: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 18 » Congress passes a law admitting the state of Vermont to the Union, effective 4 March, after that state had existed for 14 years as a de facto independent largely unrecognized state.
  • March 2 » Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
  • July 17 » Members of the French National Guard under the command of General Lafayette open fire on a crowd of radical Jacobins at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution, killing scores of people.
  • August 14 » Slaves from plantations in Saint-Domingue hold a Vodou ceremony led by houngan Dutty Boukman at Bois Caïman, marking the start of the Haitian Revolution.
  • August 21 » A Vodou ceremony, led by Dutty Boukman, turns into a violent slave rebellion, beginning the Haitian Revolution.
  • December 4 » The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.

Day of marriage July 21, 1836

• The temperature on July 21, 1836 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt weerlicht. 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 1836: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
  • February 25 » Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for his revolver firearm.
  • March 2 » Texas Revolution: The Declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico is adopted.
  • May 15 » Francis Baily observes "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse.
  • June 15 » Arkansas is admitted as the 25th U.S. state.
  • July 29 » Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France.
  • August 17 » British parliament accepts registration of births, marriages and deaths

Day of death March 8, 1860

• The temperature on March 8, 1860 was about 0.8 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
• From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
• In the year 1860: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
  • February 27 » Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.
  • March 28 » First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
  • June 30 » The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place.
  • September 20 » The future King Edward VII of the United Kingdom begins the first visit to North America by a Prince of Wales.
  • October 17 » First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open).
  • October 26 » The Expedition of the Thousand ends when Giuseppe Garibaldi presents his conquests to King Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1844 » Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763)
• 1869 » Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1803)
• 1872 » Cornelius Krieghoff, Dutch-Canadian painter (b. 1815)
• 1874 » Millard Fillmore, American lawyer and politician, 13th President of the United States (b. 1800)
• 1887 » Henry Ward Beecher, American minister and activist (b. 1813)
• 1887 » James Buchanan Eads, American engineer, designed the Eads Bridge (b. 1820)