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Christening day November 8, 1789

• The temperature on November 8, 1789 was about 3.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly south by west. 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 1789: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 21 » The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth by William Hill Brown, is printed in Boston.
  • May 5 » In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
  • June 14 » Mutiny on the Bounty: HMSBounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 7,400km (4,600mi) journey in an open boat.
  • July 9 » In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.
  • September 25 » The United States Congress passes twelve constitutional amendments: the ten known as the Bill of Rights, the (unratified) Congressional Apportionment Amendment, and the Congressional Compensation Amendment.
  • November 26 » A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as proclaimed by President George Washington at the request of Congress.

Day of marriage May 14, 1813

• The temperature on May 14, 1813 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 1813: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 28 » Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom.
  • August 10 » Instituto Nacional, is founded by the Chilean patriot José Miguel Carrera. It is Chile's oldest and most prestigious school. Its motto is Labor Omnia Vincit, which means "Work conquers all things".
  • August 30 » Creek War: Fort Mims massacre: Creek "Red Sticks" kill over 500 settlers (including over 250 armed militia) in Fort Mims, north of Mobile, Alabama.
  • September 10 » The United States defeats a British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
  • September 11 » War of 1812: British troops arrive in Mount Vernon and prepare to march to and invade Washington, D.C..
  • December 30 » War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York.

Day of death April 18, 1869

• The temperature on April 18, 1869 was about 11.5 °C. The air pressure was 22 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
• In the year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • April 17 » Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico.
  • July 10 » Gävle, Sweden, is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless.
  • July 25 » The Japanese daimyōs begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869).
  • August 2 » Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
  • August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
  • November 6 » In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1832 » Jeanne-Elisabeth Chaudet, French painter (b. 1761)
• 1859 » Tatya Tope, Indian general (b. 1814)
• 1864 » Juris Alunāns, Latvian philologist and linguist (b. 1832)
• 1873 » Justus von Liebig, German chemist and academic (b. 1803)
• 1898 » Gustave Moreau, French painter and academic (b. 1826)
• 1906 » Luis Martín, Spanish religious leader, 24th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1846)