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Personal data Wopke Nicolaas Ritsma 

  • He was born on April 23, 1853 in Oudega.
    Geboorteakte Smallingerland, 1853
    Aangiftedatum 23 april 1853, akte nr. 73
    Wopke Ritsma, geboren 23 april 1853
    Zoon van Nicolaas Wopkes Ritsma en Aaltje Gerrits Mulder
  • He died on April 12, 1931 in Oudega, he was 77 years old.
    Overlijdensakte Smallingerland, 1931
    Aangiftedatum 13 april 1931, akte nr. 51
    Wopke Ritsma, overleden 12 april 1931, oud 77 jaar, gehuwd
    zoon van Nicolaas Wopkes Ritsma en Aaltje Gerrits Mulder
  • A child of Nicolaas Wopkes Ritsma and Aaltje Gerrits Mulder
  • This information was last updated on March 19, 2005.

Household of Wopke Nicolaas Ritsma

(1) He is married to Grietje Bouwes Pietersma.

They got married on May 13, 1882 at Smallingerland, he was 29 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Klaas Wopkes Ritsma  1883-1965 
  2. Bouwe Wopkes Ritsma  1887-1893


(2) He is married to Tjettje Jans Boelens.

They got married on May 7, 1892 at Oudega, he was 39 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Aaltje Wopkes Ritsma  1893-1989 

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Birthday April 23, 1853

  • The temperature on April 23, 1853 was about 5.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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 Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In the year 1853: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 4 » After having been kidnapped and sold into slavery in the American South, Solomon Northup regains his freedom; his memoir Twelve Years a Slave later becomes a national bestseller.
    • July 2 » The Russian Army crosses the Pruth river into the Danubian Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia—providing the spark that will set off the Crimean War.
    • July 14 » Opening of the first major US world's fair, the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York City.
    • July 25 » Joaquin Murrieta, the famous Californio bandit known as the "Robin Hood of El Dorado", is killed.
    • September 24 » Admiral Despointes formally takes possession of New Caledonia in the name of France.
    • December 31 » A dinner party is held inside a life-size model of an iguanodon created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in south London, England.

Day of marriage May 7, 1892

  • The temperature on May 7, 1892 was about 8.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • April 15 » The General Electric Company is formed.
    • June 7 » Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.
    • June 30 » The Homestead Strike begins near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
    • July 8 » St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
    • August 4 » The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home. She was tried and acquitted for the crimes a year later.
    • August 9 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.

Day of death April 12, 1931

  • The temperature on April 12, 1931 was between 4.9 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
    • March 26 » Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
    • March 31 » An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua; killing 2,000.
    • May 1 » The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.
    • October 17 » Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.
    • December 5 » Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow was destroyed on orders from Joseph Stalin.
    • December 11 » Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.


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