Family tree Willard » Dirk Elderts Waker (1807-1894)

Christening day August 28, 1807

• The temperature on August 28, 1807 was about 23.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer 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 1807: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 5 » HMS Blenheim and HMS Java disappear off the coast of Rodrigues.
  • February 7 » Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon finds Bennigsen's Russian forces taking a stand at Eylau. After bitter fighting, the French take the town, but the Russians resume the battle the next day.
  • February 19 » Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason in Wakefield, Alabama and confined to Fort Stoddert.
  • August 29 » British troops under Sir Arthur Wellesley defeat a Danish militia outside Copenhagen in the Battle of Køge.
  • September 2 » The British Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon.
  • December 22 » The Embargo Act, forbidding trade with all foreign countries, is passed by the U.S. Congress, at the urging of President Thomas Jefferson.

Day of marriage November 5, 1876

• The temperature on November 5, 1876 was about 4.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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 year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • February 2 » The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
  • March 10 » The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
  • April 22 » The first game in the history of the National League was played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia. This game is often pointed to as the beginning of Major League Baseball.
  • June 25 » Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
  • August 31 » Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid II.
  • October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.

Day of death October 10, 1894

• The temperature on October 10, 1894 was about 9.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1894: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 12 » Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into the Cafe Terminus in Paris, killing one person and wounding 20.
  • May 1 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.
  • June 24 » Marie François Sadi Carnot is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio.
  • July 22 » The first ever motor race is held in France between the cities of Paris and Rouen. The fastest finisher was the Comte Jules-Albert de Dion, but the 'official' victory was awarded to Albert Lemaître driving his 3hp petrol engined Peugeot.
  • November 1 » Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
  • November 17 » H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1875 » Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1817)
• 1876 » Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist and meteorologist (b. 1814)
• 1893 » Lip Pike, American baseball player and manager (b. 1845)
• 1901 » Lorenzo Snow, American religious leader, 5th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1814)
• 1913 » Adolphus Busch, German-American brewer and businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1839)
• 1913 » Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1848)