Genealogy Van Melzen » Hiltje Douwes Dijk(stra) (± 1825-1907)

Personal data Hiltje Douwes Dijk(stra) 


Household of Hiltje Douwes Dijk(stra)

She is married to Sieger Jans Veenstra.

They got married on April 22, 1848 at Opsterland 24.


Child(ren):

  2. Wiebe Veenstra  ± 1861-1933
  3. Wietze Veenstra  1864-????
  4. Jan Sygers Veenstra  1849-1918
  5. Aukje Siegers Veenstra  1852-1941 
  6. Douwe Siegers Veenstra  1858-1935 

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Day of marriage April 22, 1848

  • The temperature on April 22, 1848 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 November 21, 1848 till November 1, 1849 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Kempenaer - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. J.M. de Kempenaer (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In the year 1848: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • January 24 » California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento.
    • February 22 » The French Revolution of 1848, which would lead to the establishment of the French Second Republic, begins.
    • March 10 » The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican–American War.
    • March 11 » Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin become the first Prime Ministers of the Province of Canada to be democratically elected under a system of responsible government.
    • May 22 » Slavery is abolished in Martinique.
    • July 3 » Governor-General Peter von Scholten emancipates all remaining slaves in the Danish West Indies.

Day of death January 9, 1907

  • The temperature on January 9, 1907 was between 3.0 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 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.
    • February 9 » The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
    • August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
    • October 9 » Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.
    • November 16 » Cunard Line's RMSMauretania, sister ship of RMSLusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
    • December 10 » The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected.
    • December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.


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About the surname Dijk(stra)


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