On 8 September 1812 he was made an aide-de-camp to the Prince Regent and on 14 December 1813 promoted to major-general. Though not yet 20, the young prince, according to the customs of the time, was made lieutenant colonel on 11 June 1811 and colonel on 21 October that year. He entered the British Army, and in 1811, as a 19-year-old aide-de-camp in the headquarters of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, was allowed to observe several of Wellington's campaigns of the Peninsular War. William II at the Battle of Waterloo, by Nicaise de Keyser, 1846. After this, he studied civil law at Christ Church, University of Oxford. William spent his youth in Berlin at the Prussian court, where he followed a military education and served in the Prussian Army. When William was two, he and his family fled to England after allied British-Hanoverian troops left the Republic and entering French troops defeated the army of the United Provinces, claiming liberation by joining the anti-Orangist Patriots. His maternal grandparents were King Frederick William II of Prussia and his second wife Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt. He was the eldest son of King William I of the Netherlands and Wilhelmine of Prussia. Willem Frederik George Lodewijk was born on 6 December 1792 in The Hague. William II died on 17 March 1849 and was succeeded by his son William III.
William II was married to Anna Pavlovna of Russia. During his reign, the Netherlands became a parliamentary democracy with the new constitution of 1848. With the abdication of his father on 7 October 1840, William II became king. When his father, who up to that time ruled as sovereign prince, proclaimed himself king in 1815, he became Prince of Orange as heir apparent of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. William II was the son of William I and Wilhelmine of Prussia. William II ( Dutch: Willem Frederik George Lodewijk, anglicized as William Frederick George Louis 6 December 1792 – 17 March 1849) was King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Duke of Limburg. Sophie, Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.July 3 » Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.May 29 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.March 31 » The Vienna Concert Society rioted during a performance of modernist music by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Anton von Webern, causing a premature end to the concert due to violence this concert became known as the Skandalkonzert.March 22 » Mystic Phan Xích Long, the self-proclaimed Emperor of Vietnam, was arrested for organising a revolt against the colonial rule of French Indochina, which was nevertheless carried out by his supporters the following day.March 18 » King George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki.February 2 » Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City.The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister. In The Netherlands, there was from Augto Septemthe cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr.Tip: herlaad deze pagina voor een nieuwe selectie van gebeurtenissen vanuit Wikipedia. October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.June 22 » George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.February 18 » The first official flight with airmail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2mi) away.
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