Dreyer Tree » Ignatius Wilhelm Ferreira (1808-1869)
Personal data Ignatius Wilhelm Ferreira
Source 1- He was born on March 12, 1808 in Matjiesdrift, George, Western Cape, South Africa.
- He was christened on March 12, 1808.
- He was baptized on March 12, 1808.
- He died on October 21, 1869, he was 61 years old.
- A child of Marthinus Stephanus Fereira and Martha Jacoba Vermaak
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- Meiring Web Site, John Henry Meiring, Ignatius Wilhelm Ferreira, January 28, 2016
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Historical events
Birthday March 12, 1808
- The temperature on March 12, 1808 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: betrokken. 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 1808: Source: Wikipedia
- February 11 » Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.
- May 2 » Outbreak of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation. Francisco de Goya later memorializes this event in his painting The Second of May 1808.
- May 3 » Finnish War: Sweden loses the fortress of Sveaborg to Russia.
- June 15 » Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain.
- July 28 » Mahmud II became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
- December 22 » Ludwig van Beethoven conducts and performs in concert at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna, with the premiere of his Fifth Symphony, Sixth Symphony, Fourth Piano Concerto (performed by Beethoven himself) and Choral Fantasy (with Beethoven at the piano).
Day of death October 21, 1869
- The temperature on October 21, 1869 was about 10.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
- In the year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- May 10 » The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah with the golden spike.
- May 15 » Women's suffrage: In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.
- May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- July 25 » The Japanese daimyōs begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869).
- October 16 » The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".
- November 11 » The Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act is enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the Stolen Generations.
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- 1807 » James Abbott, Indian Army officer († 1896)
- 1815 » Louis-Jules Trochu, French military leader and politician († 1896)
- 1821 » John Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Canada († 1893)
- 1835 » Muthuswami Dikshitar, Indian poet and composer (b. 1775)
- 1861 » Edward Dickinson Baker, American congressman and colonel (b. 1811)
- 1872 » Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1794)
- 1873 » Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, and critic (b. 1807)
- 1896 » James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer (b. 1844)
- 1903 » Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (b. 1829)
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