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Christening day February 10, 1793

• The temperature on February 10, 1793 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. 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 1793: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 21 » After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
  • February 1 » French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
  • March 18 » The first modern republic in Germany, the Republic of Mainz, is declared by Andreas Joseph Hofmann.
  • August 8 » The insurrection of Lyon occurs during the French Revolution.
  • August 12 » The Rhône and Loire départments are created when the former département of Rhône-et-Loire is split into two.
  • December 9 » New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.

Day of marriage June 13, 1818

• The temperature on June 13, 1818 was about 21.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: half bewolkt omtrent helder. 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 1818: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 2 » The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded by a group of six engineers; Thomas Telford would later become its first president.
  • January 15 » A paper by David Brewster is read to the Royal Society, belatedly announcing his discovery of what we now call the biaxial class of doubly-refracting crystals. On the same day, Augustin-Jean Fresnel signs a "supplement" (submitted four days later) on reflection of polarized light.
  • February 12 » Bernardo O'Higgins formally approves the Chilean Declaration of Independence near Concepción, Chile.
  • March 16 » In the Second Battle of Cancha Rayada, Spanish forces defeated Chileans under José de San Martín.
  • April 16 » The United States Senate ratifies the Rush–Bagot Treaty, limiting naval armaments on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain.
  • December 13 » Cyril VI of Constantinople resigns from his position as Ecumenical Patriarch.

Day of death November 24, 1865

• The temperature on November 24, 1865 was about 10.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 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)
• 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 20 » End of the Uruguayan War, with a peace agreement between President Tomás Villalba and rebel leader Venancio Flores, setting the scene for the destructive War of the Triple Alliance.
  • March 2 » East Cape War: The Völkner Incident in New Zealand.
  • April 10 » American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.
  • May 1 » The Empire of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance.
  • November 26 » Battle of Papudo: A Spanish navy schooner is defeated by a Chilean corvette north of Valparaíso, Chile.
  • December 1 » Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1848 » William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1779)
• 1870 » Comte de Lautréamont, Uruguayan-French poet and author (b. 1846)
• 1885 » Nicolás Avellaneda, Argentinian journalist and politician, 8th President of Argentina (b. 1837)
• 1890 » August Belmont, German-American banker and politician, 16th United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (b. 1816)
• 1895 » Ludwik Teichmann, Polish anatomist (b. 1823)
• 1916 » Hiram Maxim, American-English engineer, invented the Maxim gun (b. 1840)