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Christening day April 14, 1793

• The temperature on April 14, 1793 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. 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.
  • May 23 » Battle of Famars during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
  • June 2 » French Revolution: François Hanriot, leader of the Parisian National Guard, arrests 22 Girondists selected by Jean-Paul Marat, setting the stage for the Reign of Terror.
  • July 13 » Journalist and French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is assassinated in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday, a member of the opposing political faction.
  • August 12 » The Rhône and Loire départments are created when the former département of Rhône-et-Loire is split into two.
  • December 18 » Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French Royalists to Lord Samuel Hood; renamed HMSLutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck.

Day of marriage May 13, 1826

• The temperature on May 13, 1826 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: 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 1826: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 22 » HMSBeagle departs on its first voyage.
  • August 18 » Major Gordon Laing becomes the first non-Muslim to enter Timbuktu.
  • September 11 » Captain William Morgan, an ex-freemason is arrested in Batavia, New York for debt after declaring that he would publish The Mysteries of Free Masonry, a book against Freemasonry. This sets into motion the events that lead to his mysterious disappearance.
  • November 25 » The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy.
  • December 21 » American settlers in Nacogdoches, Mexican Texas, declare their independence, starting the Fredonian Rebellion.
  • December 25 » The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy concludes after beginning the previous evening.

Day of death December 12, 1877

• The temperature on December 12, 1877 was about 3.7 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1877: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 8 » Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory.
  • March 2 » Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the 1876 U.S. presidential election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote.
  • April 24 » Russo-Turkish War: Russian Empire declares war on Ottoman Empire.
  • July 9 » The inaugural Wimbledon Championships begins.
  • November 21 » Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.
  • December 6 » The first edition of The Washington Post is published.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1843 » William I of the Netherlands (b. 1772)
• 1858 » Jacques Viger, Canadian archeologist and politician, 1st Mayor of Montreal (b. 1787)
• 1889 » Robert Browning, English poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1889 » Viktor Bunyakovsky, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1804)
• 1894 » John Sparrow David Thompson, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845)
• 1913 » Menelik II, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1844)