Database Van Broekhoven » Abraham Been (1845-1931)
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.
- March 3 » Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
- March 25 » New Zealand Legislative Council pass the first Militia Act constituting the New Zealand Army.
- August 28 » The first issue of Scientific American magazine is published.
- November 20 » Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata: Battle of Vuelta de Obligado.
- 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 27 » Ether anesthetic is used for childbirth for the first time by Dr. Crawford Long in Jefferson, Georgia.
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.
- February 11 » King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates.
- May 20 » Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
- June 5 » Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain.
- July 1 » Prince Edward Island joins into Canadian Confederation.
- July 21 » At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.
- October 9 » A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.
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.
- January 7 » Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.
- March 3 » The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
- March 25 » The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
- March 26 » Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
- March 31 » A Transcontinental & Western Air airliner crashes near Bazaar, Kansas, killing eight, including University of Notre Dame head football coach Knute Rockne.
- May 29 » Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
Same birth/death day
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- 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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