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    Sources

    1. DTB Rotterdam index.nr.523
    2. Rotterdam 1842 a127., akte 497

    Historical events

    Birthday May 21, 1775

    • The temperature on May 21, 1775 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: dauw. 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 1775: Source: Wikipedia
      • May 31 » American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolves are adopted in the Province of North Carolina.
      • July 3 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
      • July 29 » Founding of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps: General George Washington appoints William Tudor as Judge Advocate of the Continental Army.
      • September 25 » American Revolution: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off.
      • October 13 » The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).
      • December 31 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Quebec: British forces repulse an attack by Continental Army General Richard Montgomery.

    Christening day May 28, 1775

    • The temperature on May 28, 1775 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: wat dauw. 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 1775: Source: Wikipedia
      • April 20 » American Revolutionary War: The Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord.
      • May 31 » American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolves are adopted in the Province of North Carolina.
      • July 5 » The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
      • September 8 » The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta.
      • September 17 » American Revolutionary War: The Invasion of Canada begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean.
      • November 13 » American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Gen. Richard Montgomery occupy Montreal.

    Day of death February 21, 1842

    • The temperature on February 21, 1842 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: half bewolkt regen. 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 1842: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
      • February 21 » John Greenough is granted the first U.S. patent for the sewing machine.
      • March 9 » Giuseppe Verdi's third opera, Nabucco, receives its première performance in Milan; its success establishes Verdi as one of Italy's foremost opera composers.
      • May 8 » A train derails and catches fire in Paris, killing between 52 and 200 people.
      • May 16 » The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail from Elm Grove, Missouri, with 100 pioneers.
      • May 30 » John Francis attempts to murder Queen Victoria as she drives down Constitution Hill in London with Prince Albert.
      • August 9 » The Webster–Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States–Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains.
    

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