Family tree Van Loon » Christiaan Homan (Hooman) (1750-1823)

Christening day December 16, 1750

• The temperature on December 16, 1750 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: zeer betrokken omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem IV (Huis van Oranje) was from 1747 till 1751 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1750: Source: Wikipedia
  • November 11 » Riots break out in Lhasa after the murder of the Tibetan regent.
  • November 11 » The F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club, is formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It is the first college fraternity.
  • November 24 » Tarabai, regent of the Maratha Empire, imprisons Rajaram II of Satara for refusing to remove Balaji Baji Rao from the post of peshwa.

Day of marriage April 21, 1776

• The temperature on April 21, 1776 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. 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 1776: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 1 » American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
  • March 17 » American Revolution: The British Army evacuates Boston, ending the Siege of Boston, after George Washington and Henry Knox place artillery in positions overlooking the city.
  • April 7 » Captain John Barry and the USSLexington captures the Edward.
  • May 15 » American Revolution: The Fifth Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence.
  • August 10 » American Revolutionary War: Word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
  • September 21 » Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.

Day of death November 14, 1823

• The temperature on November 14, 1823 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent betrokken winderig. 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 1823: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 11 » Carnival tragedy of 1823: About 110 boys are killed during a stampede at the Convent of the Minori Osservanti in Valletta, Malta.
  • July 2 » Bahia Independence Day: The end of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia.
  • July 15 » A fire destroys the ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, Italy.
  • July 24 » In Maracaibo, Venezuela, the naval Battle of Lake Maracaibo takes place, where Admiral José Prudencio Padilla defeats the Spanish Navy, thus culminating the independence for the Gran Colombia.
  • September 22 » Joseph Smith claims to have found the golden plates after being directed by God through the Angel Moroni to the place where they were buried.
  • December 2 » Monroe Doctrine: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President James Monroe proclaims American neutrality in future European conflicts, and warns European powers not to interfere in the Americas.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1817 » Policarpa Salavarrieta, Colombian seamstress and spy (b. 1795)
• 1825 » Jean Paul, German journalist and author (b. 1763)
• 1829 » Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist and chemist (b. 1763)
• 1831 » Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1770)
• 1831 » Ignaz Pleyel, Austrian-French composer and piano builder (b. 1757)
• 1832 » Charles Carroll of Carrollton, American farmer and politician (b. 1737)