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Christening day January 7, 1840

• The temperature on January 7, 1840 was about -6 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: helder windstil. 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 1840: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
  • January 13 » The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
  • February 6 » Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
  • February 10 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
  • February 11 » Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment receives its first performance in Paris, France.
  • May 1 » The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
  • May 20 » York Minster is badly damaged by fire.

Day of marriage December 29, 1862

• The temperature on December 29, 1862 was about 6.7 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 10 » American Civil War: A Union naval flotilla destroys the bulk of the Confederate Mosquito Fleet in the Battle of Elizabeth City on the Pasquotank River in North Carolina.
  • May 15 » President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill into law creating the United States Bureau of Agriculture. It is later renamed the United States Department of Agriculture.
  • July 23 » American Civil War: Henry Halleck takes command of the Union Army.
  • September 18 » The Confederate States celebrate for the first and only time a Thanksgiving Day.
  • October 11 » American Civil War: Confederate troops conduct a raid on Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
  • November 5 » American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.

Day of death August 14, 1898

• The temperature on August 14, 1898 was about 30.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 13 » Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
  • May 1 » Spanish–American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy destroys the Pacific Squadron of the Spanish Navy after a seven-hour battle. Spain loses all seven of its ships, and 381 Spanish sailors die. There are no American vessel losses or combat deaths.
  • July 7 » US President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
  • August 23 » The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.
  • September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
  • November 5 » Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1870 » David Farragut, American admiral (b. 1801)
• 1874 » Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American minister and politician (b. 1821)
• 1890 » Michael J. McGivney, American priest, founded the Knights of Columbus (b. 1852)
• 1905 » Simeon Solomon, English soldier and painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » William Stanley, American engineer and philanthropist (b. 1829)
• 1926 » John H. Moffitt, American sergeant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)