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Personal data Abraham Been
- He was born on May 6, 1845 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland.
- He died on February 17, 1931 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, he was 85 years old.
- A child of Willem Been and Cornelia van Leeuwen
- This information was last updated on October 31, 2010.
Household of Abraham Been
He is married to Geertruida Lijdia Bastiaans.
They got married on October 30, 1873 at Kralingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, he was 28 years old.Source 1
Child(ren):
- Willem Been 1874-1881
- Cornelia Been 1879-1880
- Dirkje Been 1880-1882
- Geertruida Lijdia Been 1882-1963
- Cornelia Been 1883-1964
- Willem Been 1887-1949
- Elizabeth Been 1889-1891
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This person also appears in the publication:
View all- Stamboom van familie Smit te Rotterdam
- Stamboom van der Heiden, Roth, van der Hek, de Groot, one author has confirmed this is the same person
- Genealogie Beindorff, Been et al, one author has confirmed this is the same person
Historical events
Birthday May 6, 1845
- The temperature on May 6, 1845 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: helder. 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 1845: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
- January 29 » "The Raven" is published in The Evening Mirror in New York, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe.
- July 4 » Henry David Thoreau moves into a small cabin on Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. Thoreau's account of his two years there, Walden, will become a touchstone of the environmental movement.
- August 28 » The first issue of Scientific American magazine is published.
- September 9 » Possible start of the Great Potato Famine.
- December 2 » Manifest destiny: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President James K. Polk proposes that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.
- December 29 » In accordance with International Boundary delimitation, the United States annexes the Republic of Texas, following the manifest destiny doctrine. The Republic of Texas, which had been independent since the Texas Revolution of 1836, is thereupon admitted as the 28th U.S. state.
Day of marriage October 30, 1873
- The temperature on October 30, 1873 was about 7.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
- In the year 1873: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- March 3 » Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene literature and articles of immoral use" through the mail.
- April 1 » The White Star steamer RMSAtlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547 in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century.
- April 4 » The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
- June 18 » Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
- July 1 » Prince Edward Island joins into Canadian Confederation.
- August 23 » Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.
Day of death February 17, 1931
- The temperature on February 17, 1931 was between -0.9 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
- February 20 » The U.S. Congress approves the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.
- March 15 » SSViking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.
- March 19 » Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
- March 26 » Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
- March 31 » An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua; killing 2,000.
- October 1 » The George Washington Bridge in the United States, linking New Jersey and New York, is opened.
Same birth/death day
- 1836 » Max Eyth, German engineer and author († 1906)
- 1843 » Grove Karl Gilbert, American geologist and academic († 1918)
- 1848 » Henry Edward Armstrong, English chemist and academic († 1937)
- 1851 » Aristide Bruant, French singer and actor († 1925)
- 1856 » Robert Peary, American admiral and explorer († 1920)
- 1856 » Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychoanalyst († 1939)
- 1912 » Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
- 1919 » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
- 1934 » Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875)
- 1934 » Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player and theoretician (b. 1862)
- 1939 » Willy Hess, German violinist and educator (b. 1859)
- 1946 » Dorothy Gibson, American actress and singer (b. 1889)
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