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Household of Willem Wassenaar

He is married to Johanna Cecilia Maria Steffens.

They got married on June 30, 1875 at Haarlem (NH), he was 24 years old.


Bruidegom Willem Wassenaar , Haarlem , 24 , kamerbehander
Vader Dirk Wassenaar
Moeder Alida Krul
Bruid Johanna Cecilia Maria Steffens , Haarlem , 20 , naaister
Vader Bernardus Hendricus Steffens
Moeder Hendrica Smit

Plaats Haarlem
Huwelijksdatum 30-06-1875

Kennemerland Haarlem Akte Jaar 1875 Nummer 163

Bron: www.myheritage.nl/site-family-tree-134922231/alvertus-wassenaa-1948

Child(ren):

  2. Dirk Wassenaar  1880-1880
  5. Albertus Wassenaar  1885-1969
  6. Dirk Wassenaar  1889-????

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Birthday December 29, 1850

  • The temperature on December 29, 1850 was about 5.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1850: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • January 29 » Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress.
    • March 18 » American Express is founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo.
    • June 29 » Autocephaly officially granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Church of Greece.
    • July 9 » Persian prophet Báb is executed in Tabriz, Persia.
    • November 24 » Danish troops defeat a Schleswig-Holstein force in the town of Lottorf, Schleswig-Holstein.
    • December 16 » The Charlotte Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton, New Zealand.

Day of marriage June 30, 1875

  • The temperature on June 30, 1875 was about 22.5 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1875: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 3 » The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.
    • April 4 » Vltava, composed by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana and also known by its German name Die Moldau, premiered in Prague.
    • May 1 » Alexandra Palace reopens after being burned down in a fire in 1873.
    • June 19 » The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
    • August 25 » Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 21 hours and 45 minutes.
    • December 4 » Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.

Day of death April 14, 1920

  • The temperature on April 14, 1920 was between 6.1 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
    • June 11 » During the U.S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, U.S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the U.S. presidential election, leading the Associated Press to coin the political phrase "smoke-filled room".
    • July 11 » In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany.
    • August 11 » The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia's authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence.
    • August 31 » Polish–Soviet War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.
    • November 1 » American fishing schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian fishing schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
    • November 16 » Qantas, Australia's national airline, is founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited.


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