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Christening day January 19, 1755

• The temperature on January 19, 1755 was about 4.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken vochtig. 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)
• Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1755: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 25 » Moscow University is established on Tatiana Day.
  • April 2 » Commodore William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
  • June 16 » French and Indian War: The French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians.
  • July 9 » The Braddock Expedition is soundly defeated by a smaller French and Native American force in its attempt to capture Fort Duquesne in what is now downtown Pittsburgh.
  • August 10 » Under the orders of Charles Lawrence, the British Army begins to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies.
  • November 1 » In Portugal, Lisbon is totally devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing between 60,000 and 90,000 people.

Day of marriage May 21, 1775

• The temperature on May 21, 1775 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: dauw. 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 1775: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 9 » American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
  • March 23 » American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his speech – "Give me liberty, or give me death!" – at St. John's Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia.
  • April 18 » American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.
  • May 31 » American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolves are adopted in the Province of North Carolina.
  • July 27 » Founding of the U.S. Army Medical Department: The Second Continental Congress passes legislation establishing "an hospital for an army consisting of 20,000 men."
  • September 8 » The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta.

Day of death July 15, 1836

• The temperature on July 15, 1836 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent betrokken winderig. Source: KNMI
•  This page is only available in Dutch.
  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.
  • March 6 » Texas Revolution: Battle of the Alamo: After a thirteen-day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers, including frontiersman Davy Crockett and colonel Jim Bowie, defending the Alamo are killed and the fort is captured.
  • May 15 » Francis Baily observes "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse.
  • June 15 » Arkansas is admitted as the 25th U.S. state.
  • October 22 » Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas.
  • December 28 » South Australia and Adelaide are founded.
  • December 28 » Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico with the signing of the Santa María–Calatrava Treaty.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1828 » Jean-Antoine Houdon, French sculptor (b. 1741)
• 1839 » Winthrop Mackworth Praed, English poet and politician (b. 1802)
• 1844 » Claude Charles Fauriel, French philologist and historian (b. 1772)
• 1851 » Juan Felipe Ibarra, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1787)
• 1857 » Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1791)
• 1858 » Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Russian painter (b. 1806)