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Day of marriage May 13, 1857

• The temperature on May 13, 1857 was about 13.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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.
• In the year 1857: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
  • March 6 » The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case.
  • May 6 » The East India Company disbands the 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry whose sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolted against the British in the lead up to the War of Indian Independence.
  • May 11 » Indian Rebellion of 1857: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.
  • July 18 » Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall's war against the French.
  • August 24 » The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in United States history.
  • October 24 » Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest association football club still in operation, is founded in England.

Day of death October 27, 1917

• The temperature on October 27, 1917 was between 0.4 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • March 1 » The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
  • March 8 » International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23rd in the Julian calendar).
  • May 19 » The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.
  • June 23 » In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire.
  • November 2 » The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.
  • December 15 » World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1917 » Arthur Rhys-Davids, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
• 1926 » Warren Wood, American golfer and soldier (b. 1887)
• 1927 » Squizzy Taylor, Australian gangster (b. 1888)
• 1929 » Théodore Tuffier, French surgeon (b. 1857)
• 1930 » Ellen Hayes, American mathematician and astronomer (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Ernest Eldridge, English race car driver (b. 1897)