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Christening day March 6, 1768

• The temperature on March 6, 1768 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: donker. Special wheather fenomena: ijs. 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 1768: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 29 » Polish nobles form the Bar Confederation.
  • April 4 » In London, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus.
  • June 21 » James Otis Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.
  • November 5 » Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the purpose of which is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies.
  • December 10 » The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
  • December 28 » King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.

Day of marriage December 22, 1793

• The temperature on December 22, 1793 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 9 » Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States.
  • January 21 » After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
  • March 18 » The first modern republic in Germany, the Republic of Mainz, is declared by Andreas Joseph Hofmann.
  • August 16 » French Revolution: A levée en masse is decreed by the National Convention.
  • September 5 » French Revolution: The French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.
  • November 16 » French Revolution: Ninety dissident Roman Catholic priests are executed by drowning at Nantes.

Day of death November 18, 1858

• The temperature on November 18, 1858 was about -7.6 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
• From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
• In the year 1858: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
  • January 14 » Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt made by Felice Orsini and his accomplices in Paris.
  • January 25 » The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn is played at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter, Victoria, and Friedrich of Prussia, and becomes a popular wedding processional.
  • January 30 » The first Hallé concert is given in Manchester, England, marking the official founding of The Hallé orchestra as a full-time, professional orchestra.
  • August 2 » The Government of India Act 1858 replaces Company rule in India with that of the British Raj.
  • August 16 » U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal forces a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.
  • September 10 » George Mary Searle discovers the asteroid 55 Pandora.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1814 » William Jessop, English engineer (b. 1745)
• 1830 » Adam Weishaupt, German philosopher and academic, founded the Illuminati (b. 1748)
• 1841 » Agustín Gamarra, Peruvian general and politician, 10th and 14th President of Peru (b. 1785)
• 1852 » Rose Philippine Duchesne, French-American nun and saint (b. 1769)
• 1886 » Chester A. Arthur, American general, lawyer, and politician, 21st President of the United States (b. 1829)
• 1889 » William Allingham, Irish-English poet and scholar (b. 1824)