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Christening day November 14, 1841

• The temperature on November 14, 1841 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken regen bui. Special wheather fenomena: storm(achtig). 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 1841: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
  • January 26 » James Bremer takes formal possession of Hong Kong Island at what is now Possession Point, establishing British Hong Kong.
  • March 30 » The National Bank of Greece is founded in Athens.
  • June 28 » The Paris Opera Ballet premieres Giselle in the Salle Le Peletier.
  • July 5 » Thomas Cook organises the first package excursion, from Leicester to Loughborough.
  • September 24 » The Sultanate of Brunei cedes Sarawak to the United Kingdom.
  • October 16 » Queen's University is founded in the Province of Canada.

Day of marriage July 2, 1879

• The temperature on July 2, 1879 was about 16.9 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 11 » The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
  • February 8 » The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked in a riot during a match in Sydney.
  • April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
  • May 31 » Gilmore's Garden in New York City is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
  • September 3 » Siege of the British Residency in Kabul: British envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the Guides are massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in Kabul. Their heroism and loyalty became famous and revered throughout the British Empire.
  • October 22 » Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasts 13​⁄₂ hours before burning out).

Day of death November 24, 1906

• The temperature on November 24, 1906 was between 5.6 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 11 » Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
  • April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
  • April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
  • May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
  • September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
  • September 20 » The Cunard Line's RMSMauretania is launched at Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1890 » August Belmont, German-American banker and politician, 16th United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (b. 1816)
• 1895 » Ludwik Teichmann, Polish anatomist (b. 1823)
• 1916 » Hiram Maxim, American-English engineer, invented the Maxim gun (b. 1840)
• 1920 » Alexandru Macedonski, Romanian author and poet (b. 1854)
• 1920 » Lado Aleksi-Meskhishvili, Georgian actor and director (b. 1857)
• 1922 » Erskine Childers, Irish soldier, journalist, and author (b. 1870)