Database Van Broekhoven » Martinus Megens (1843-1907)
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.
- February 11 » Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi alla prima crociata receives its first performance in Milan, Italy.
- August 15 » Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- September 3 » King Otto of Greece is forced to grant a constitution following an uprising in Athens.
- September 13 » The Greek Army rebels (OS date: September 3) against the autocratic rule of king Otto of Greece, demanding the granting of a constitution.
- 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.
- April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
- May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
- September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
- November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
- November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.
- November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.
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 29 » Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
- May 28 » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
- June 22 » The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
- August 15 » Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
- October 9 » Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.
- December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
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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