Genealogy van der Wal en Reijns » Douwe Jans Dijkstra (1774-1854)

Personal data Douwe Jans Dijkstra 

  • He was born on March 17, 1774 in Wijnjeterp, gem. Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland.
  • He was christened on April 4, 1774.
  • He died on January 18, 1854 in Wijnjeterp, gem. Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland, he was 79 years old.
    Memories kantoor Beetsterzwaag
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    Bijzonderheden: Filmnummer: 3
    Er behoorde onroerend goed tot de nalatenschap
    vader van Wiebe, bijker, Jan, arbeider, Grietje, arbeidster, Engbert, arbeider, Martzen (vrouw van Pieter Wietzes v.der Sluis, schoenmaker Hemrik) en Heltje Douwes Dijkstra (vrouw van Sieger Jans Veenstra, arbeider Donkerbroek).
    Overledene Douwe Jans Dijkstra overleden op 17-01-1854 wonende te Wijnjeterp
  • This information was last updated on December 7, 2021.

Household of Douwe Jans Dijkstra

He is married to Akke Wiebes Plantinga.

They got married on July 19, 1811, he was 37 years old.

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Birthday March 17, 1774

  • The temperature on March 17, 1774 was about 9.0 °C. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: rijp. 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 1774: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 31 » American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.
    • May 10 » Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.
    • August 1 » British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
    • September 4 » New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
    • September 5 » First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
    • October 21 » The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".

Christening day April 4, 1774

  • The temperature on April 4, 1774 was about 9.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest by south. Weather type: zeer 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 1774: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 21 » Abdul Hamid I becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
    • March 31 » American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.
    • May 10 » Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.
    • June 13 » Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.
    • August 1 » British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
    • October 21 » The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".

Day of death January 18, 1854

  • The temperature on January 18, 1854 was about 1.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
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    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).
  • From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In the year 1854: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • March 28 » Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.
    • July 28 » USSConstellation(1854), the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy and now a museum ship in Baltimore Harbor, is commissioned.
    • September 27 » The steamship SSArctic sinks with 300 people on board.
    • October 6 » In England the Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead leads to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.
    • December 8 » In his Apostolic constitution Ineffabilis Deus, Pope Pius IX proclaims the dogmatic definition of Immaculate Conception, which holds that the Blessed Virgin Mary was conceived free of Original Sin.
    • December 18 » The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada abolishes the seigneurial system.


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