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Christening day February 24, 1788

• The temperature on February 24, 1788 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: betrokken mist. 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 1788: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 9 » Connecticut becomes the fifth state to ratify the Constitution.
  • January 19 » The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay.
  • January 20 » The third and main part of First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay. Arthur Phillip decides that Port Jackson is a more suitable location for a colony.
  • June 21 » New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
  • July 26 » New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States.
  • September 13 » The Philadelphia Convention sets the date for the first presidential election in the United States, and New York City becomes the country's temporary capital.

Day of marriage June 11, 1815

• The temperature on June 11, 1815 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: betrokken mist. 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 1815: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 2 » Signing of the Kandyan Convention treaty by British invaders and the leaders of the Kingdom of Kandy.
  • March 30 » Joachim Murat issues the Rimini Proclamation which would later inspire Italian unification.
  • April 10 » The Mount Tambora volcano begins a three-month-long eruption, lasting until July 15. The eruption ultimately kills 71,000 people and affects Earth's climate for the next two years.
  • May 30 » The East Indiaman Arniston is wrecked during a storm at Waenhuiskrans, near Cape Agulhas, in present-day South Africa, with the loss of 372 lives.
  • July 15 » Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders aboard HMSBellerophon.
  • November 20 » The Second Treaty of Paris is signed, returning the French frontiers to their 1790 extent, imposing large indemnities, and prolonging the occupation by Allied troops for several more years.

Day of death July 3, 1863

• The temperature on July 3, 1863 was about 19.8 °C. The air pressure was 3.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. 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 1863: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 4 » The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany.
  • January 8 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield.
  • February 17 » A group of citizens of Geneva founded an International Committee for Relief to the Wounded, which later became known as the International Committee of the Red Cross.
  • September 8 » American Civil War: In the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.
  • October 3 » The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
  • October 29 » Eighteen countries meet in Geneva and agree to form the International Red Cross.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1863 » George Hull Ward, American general (b. 1826)
• 1863 » Little Crow, American tribal leader (b. 1810)
• 1881 » Hasan Tahsini, Albanian astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1811)
• 1887 » Clay Allison, American rancher (b. 1841)
• 1888 » Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, Vietnamese poet and author (b. 1822)
• 1904 » Édouard Beaupré, Canadian giant and strongman (b. 1881)