West-Europese adel » Catharina Johanna "Catharina" Alberda van Ekenstein (1746-1830)

Christening day January 23, 1746

• The temperature on January 23, 1746 was about -5 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1746: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 8 » Second Jacobite rising: Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling.
  • April 16 » The Battle of Culloden is fought between the French-supported Jacobites and the British Hanoverian forces commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, in Scotland. After the battle many highland traditions were banned and the Highlands of Scotland were cleared of inhabitants.
  • June 16 » War of the Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza.
  • October 22 » The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter.

Day of marriage August 18, 1776

• The temperature on August 18, 1776 was about 18.0 °C. There was 73 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: regen 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
  • June 8 » American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
  • June 12 » The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
  • July 2 » American Revolution: The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not published until July 4.
  • July 9 » George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out to members of the Continental Army in Manhattan, while thousands of British troops on Staten Island prepare for the Battle of Long Island.
  • August 10 » American Revolutionary War: Word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
  • November 20 » American Revolutionary War: British forces land at the Palisades and then attack Fort Lee. The Continental Army starts to retreat across New Jersey.

Day of death March 27, 1830

• The temperature on March 27, 1830 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: helder. 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 1830: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 2.6 million citizens.
  • March 26 » The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.
  • May 3 » The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway is opened; it is the first steam-hauled passenger railway to issue season tickets and include a tunnel.
  • May 13 » Ecuador gains its independence from Gran Colombia.
  • June 12 » Beginning of the Invasion of Algiers: Thiry-four thousand French soldiers land 27 kilometers west of Algiers, at Sidi Ferruch.
  • September 11 » Anti-Masonic Party convention; one of the first American political party conventions.
  • October 4 » The Belgian Revolution takes legal form when the provisional government secedes from the Netherlands.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1848 » Gabriel Bibron, French zoologist and herpetologist (b. 1805)
• 1849 » Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford, Irish-Canadian politician, 35th Governor General of Canada (b. 1776)
• 1850 » Wilhelm Beer, Prussian astronomer and banker (b. 1797)
• 1864 » Jean-Jacques Ampère, French philologist and academic (b. 1800)
• 1869 » James Harper, American publisher and politician, 65th Mayor of New York City (b. 1795)
• 1875 » Juan Crisóstomo Torrico, Peruvian soldier and politician, President of Peru (b. 1808)