Genealogy van der Wal en Reijns » Jan Wessels Nijhuis (1790-1882)

Personal data Jan Wessels Nijhuis 

  • He was born on December 21, 1790 in Oudega, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland.
  • He was christened on January 16, 1791.
  • He died on March 25, 1882 in Oudega, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland, he was 91 years old.
  • This information was last updated on December 2, 2021.

Household of Jan Wessels Nijhuis

He is married to Tjeerdtje Jacobus Tjeerdsma.

They got married on May 27, 1820, he was 29 years old.

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Birthday December 21, 1790

  • The temperature on December 21, 1790 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1790: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 31 » Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
    • July 9 » The Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian Baltic fleet.
    • October 9 » A severe earthquake in northern Algeria causes severe damage and a tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea and kills three thousand.
    • December 6 » The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia.
    • December 17 » The Aztec calendar stone is discovered at El Zócalo, Mexico City.
    • December 22 » The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies.

Christening day January 16, 1791

  • The temperature on January 16, 1791 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1791: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 4 » The Constitutional Act of 1791 is introduced by the British House of Commons in London which envisages the separation of Canada into Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario).
    • March 4 » Vermont is admitted to the United States as the fourteenth state.
    • May 15 » French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance.
    • June 21 » King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
    • August 14 » Slaves from plantations in Saint-Domingue hold a Vodou ceremony led by houngan Dutty Boukman at Bois Caïman, marking the start of the Haitian Revolution.
    • September 30 » France's National Constituent Assembly is dissolved, to be replaced the next day by the National Legislative Assembly

Day of death March 25, 1882

  • The temperature on March 25, 1882 was about 9.7 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1882: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 4 » Britain's first electric trams run in east London.
    • March 24 » Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
    • April 3 » American Old West: Robert Ford kills Jesse James.
    • May 20 » The Triple Alliance between the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Italy is formed.
    • June 6 » The Shewan forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River.
    • September 13 » Anglo-Egyptian War: The Battle of Tel el-Kebir is fought.


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