Dam of Vlaardingen Family Tree » Willem Dam (1838-1914)
Personal data Willem Dam
Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4, 5- He was born on November 13, 1838 in Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.Sources 3, 4, 5
- Resident:
- in the year 1870: Patijnestraat A 92, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland.
- in the year 1904: Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- He died on March 7, 1914 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederlands, he was 75 years old.Sources 3, 4
- A child of Aart Dam and Rijna de Kok
Household of Willem Dam
He is married to Ortje Molenaar.
They got married on August 4, 1865 at Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, he was 26 years old.Source 5
Child(ren):
- Cornelia Gerarda Dam 1869-1870
- Hendrica Dam 1872-1923
- Reijnier Willem Dam 1877-1939
Timeline Willem Dam
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Sources
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=90640294&pid=3
/ Ancestry.com - Netherlands, Birth Index, 1787-1915, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Netherlands, Death Index, 1795-1965, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Netherlands, Civil Marriage Index, 1795-1950, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday November 13, 1838
- The temperature on November 13, 1838 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: helder mist. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.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 1838: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- February 17 » Weenen massacre: Hundreds of Voortrekkers along the Blaukraans River, Natal are killed by Zulus.
- February 28 » Robert Nelson, leader of the Patriotes, proclaims the independence of Lower Canada (today Quebec).
- June 28 » Coronation of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
- September 18 » The Anti-Corn Law League is established by Richard Cobden.
- October 5 » The Killough massacre in east Texas sees eighteen Texian settlers either killed or kidnapped.
- October 27 » Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs issues the Extermination Order, which orders all Mormons to leave the state or be killed.
Day of marriage August 4, 1865
- The temperature on August 4, 1865 was about 15.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- March 19 » American Civil War: The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later, Confederate forces had retreated from Four Oaks, North Carolina.
- May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate District of the Gulf surrenders about 4,000 men at Citronelle, Alabama.
- June 28 » The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.
- July 27 » Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
- December 1 » Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.
- December 4 » North Carolina ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed soon by Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks.
Day of death March 7, 1914
- The temperature on March 7, 1914 was between 4.3 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
- February 26 » HMHSBritannic, sister to the RMSTitanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
- August 2 » The German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I begins.
- August 20 » World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
- August 24 » World War I: German troops capture Namur.
- October 5 » World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire.
- November 1 » World War I: The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy from Albany, Western Australia bound for Egypt.
Same birth/death day
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- 1838 » Joseph F. Smith, American religious leader, 6th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints († 1918)
- 1841 » Edward Burd Grubb, Jr., American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Spain († 1913)
- 1847 » Mir Mosharraf Hossain, famous novelist of Bengali Literature († 1912)
- 1848 » Albert I, Prince of Monaco († 1922)
- 1897 » Harriet Ann Jacobs, African American Abolitionist and author (b. 1813)
- 1904 » Ferdinand André Fouqué, French geologist and petrologist (b. 1828)
- 1913 » Pauline Johnson, Canadian poet and author (b. 1861)
- 1920 » Jaan Poska, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1866)
- 1928 » Robert Abbe, American surgeon and radiologist (b. 1851)
- 1932 » Aristide Briand, French journalist and politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
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