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Personal data Martinus Megens
- He was born on April 16, 1843 in Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland.
- He died on July 17, 1907 in Stratum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, he was 64 years old.
- A child of Jan Megens and Joanna van Riet
- This information was last updated on September 23, 2012.
Household of Martinus Megens
He is married to Adriana Vos.
They got married on June 10, 1887 at Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, he was 44 years old.Source 1
Child(ren):
- Jozef Megens 1890-1890
- Jozef Megens 1892-1968
- Cristina Megens 1897-1897
- Lambertus Megens 1898-1899
- Christina Megens 1899-1900
- Martinus Joseph Megens 1901-1931
- Adriana Megens 1903-1904
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Historical events
Birthday April 16, 1843
- The temperature on April 16, 1843 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: betrokken 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 1843: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
- July 19 » Brunel's steamship the SSGreat Britain is launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull and screw propeller, becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world.
- August 15 » The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu, Hawaii is dedicated. Now the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, it is the oldest Roman Catholic cathedral in continuous use in the United States.
- August 15 » Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- October 1 » The News of the World tabloid begins publication in London, UK.
- October 14 » Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell arrested by British on charges of criminal conspiracy.
- October 16 » William Rowan Hamilton invents quaternions, a three-dimensional system of complex numbers.
Day of marriage June 10, 1887
- The temperature on June 10, 1887 was about 14.9 °C. The air pressure was 20 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- February 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
- April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
- July 4 » The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
- July 6 » David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
- September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
- November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Day of death July 17, 1907
- The temperature on July 17, 1907 was between 12.1 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
- January 6 » Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
- August 15 » Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
- August 17 » Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.
- October 27 » Fifteen people are killed in Hungary when a gunman opens fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration.
- December 8 » King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.
- December 16 » The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.
Same birth/death day
- 1834 » Charles Lennox Richardson, English merchant († 1862)
- 1839 » Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì, Italian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Italy († 1908)
- 1844 » Anatole France, French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1924)
- 1847 » Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland († 1906)
- 1848 » Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist († 1919)
- 1851 » Ponnambalam Ramanathan, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 3rd Solicitor General of Sri Lanka († 1930)
- 1894 » Josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist and biologist (b. 1810)
- 1894 » Leconte de Lisle, French poet and translator (b. 1818)
- 1900 » Thomas McIlwraith, Scottish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Queensland (b. 1835)
- 1907 » Hector Malot, French author and critic (b. 1830)
- 1912 » Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1854)
- 1918 » Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family
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