Genealogy Van Melzen » Jan IJken (1825-1908)

Personal data Jan IJken 


Household of Jan IJken

(1) He had a relationship with Jantje Kleiman.


(2) He has/had a relationship with Catharina Lunenborg.


Child(ren):

  1. Harm IJken  1851-1923 

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Birthday May 25, 1825

  • The temperature on May 25, 1825 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt winderig. 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).
  • In the year 1825: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 2 » Roberto Cofresí, one of the last successful Caribbean pirates, is defeated in combat and captured by authorities.
    • June 4 » General Lafayette, a French officer in the American Revolutionary War, speaks at what would become Lafayette Square, Buffalo, during his visit to the United States.
    • September 27 » The world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, is ceremonially opened.
    • October 9 » Restauration arrives in New York Harbor from Norway, the first organized immigration from Norway to the United States.
    • October 26 » The Erie Canal opens, allowing direct passage from the Hudson River to Lake Erie.
    • December 30 » The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed.

Day of death October 25, 1908

  • The temperature on October 25, 1908 was between -2.5 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
    • March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
    • May 26 » The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East was made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
    • September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
    • October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
    • November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.
    • November 7 » Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente Canton, Bolivia.


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