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Christening day June 7, 1812

• The temperature on June 7, 1812 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. 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 1812: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 26 » A political cartoon in the Boston Gazette coins the term "gerrymander" to describe oddly shaped electoral districts designed to help incumbents win reelection.
  • April 6 » British forces under the command of the Duke of Wellington assault the fortress of Badajoz. This would be the turning point in the Peninsular War against Napoleon-led France.
  • May 16 » Imperial Russia signs the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the Russo-Turkish War. The Ottoman Empire cedes Bessarabia to Russia.
  • August 24 » Peninsular War: A coalition of Spanish, British, and Portuguese forces succeed in lifting the two-and-a-half-year-long Siege of Cádiz.
  • November 3 » Napoleon's armies are defeated at the Battle of Vyazma.
  • November 14 » Napoleonic Wars: At the Battle of Smoliani, French Marshals Victor and Oudinot are defeated by the Russians under General Peter Wittgenstein.

Day of marriage October 17, 1860

• The temperature on October 17, 1860 was about 12.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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 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).
• From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
• In the year 1860: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The first Polish stamp is issued, replacing the Russian stamps previously in use.
  • March 28 » First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
  • May 27 » Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian unification.
  • September 21 » Second Opium War: An Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.
  • October 17 » First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open).
  • December 20 » South Carolina becomes the first state to attempt to secede from the United States.

Day of death March 8, 1906

• The temperature on March 8, 1906 was between 6.5 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 9.9 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • February 18 » Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
  • March 5 » Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors.
  • April 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
  • May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
  • November 24 » A 13–6 victory by the Massillon Tigers over their rivals, the Canton Bulldogs, for the "Ohio League" Championship, leads to accusations that the championship series was fixed and results in the first major scandal in professional American football.
  • December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1887 » Henry Ward Beecher, American minister and activist (b. 1813)
• 1887 » James Buchanan Eads, American engineer, designed the Eads Bridge (b. 1820)
• 1889 » John Ericsson, Swedish-American engineer, designed the USS Monitor (b. 1803)
• 1917 » Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Company (b. 1838)
• 1923 » Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837)
• 1923 » Krišjānis Barons, Latvian linguist and author (b. 1835)