Genealogy Westermann (Vestermann, Vestermand) 1665 – 2006 » Mr. Willem Bernt Westermann (1826-1871)
Personal data Mr. Willem Bernt Westermann
- He was born on January 13, 1826 in jakarta, Jakarta Raya (Djakarta Raya), Indonesië.
Plaats: Batavia
- Profession: Advocaat.
- He died on April 16, 1871 in 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, he was 45 years old.
- A child of Johann Theodor Westermann and Elisabeth de Man
- This information was last updated on January 6, 2019.
Household of Mr. Willem Bernt Westermann
Notes about Mr. Willem Bernt Westermann
Studeerde te Delft en Leiden, promoveerde cum laude in de Rechtswetenschappen 14 juni 1848. Advocaat te Amsterdam. Medeoprichter van de Vrijdenkersvereniging "De Dageraad" en redacteur van het gelijknamige tijdschrift. Van 1858-1863 redacteur van het Handels- en Effectenblad. Circa 1870 mederedacteur van "De Toekomst" te Den Haag, opvolger van "Het Stuiversblad", orgaan der Democratie in Nederland. Secretaris van de afgescheiden vrijmetselaarsloge "Post Nubia Lux". (Gedenkboek: "De Dageraad, Geschiedenis, Herinneringen en Beschouwingen 1856-1906", Uitg. van de Vereeniging De Dageraad, Amsterdam L.J. Vermeer 1906.)
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Relationship Mr. Willem Bernt Westermann
- Willem Bernt Westermann is the 2nd great grandson of Gert Westermann:
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Historical events
Birthday January 13, 1826
- The temperature on January 13, 1826 was about -5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: sneeuw hagel . 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 year 1826: Source: Wikipedia
- January 30 » The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales, is opened.
- March 13 » Pope Leo XII publishes the apostolic constitution Quo Graviora in which he renewed the prohibition on Catholics joining freemasonry.
- April 1 » Samuel Morey received a patent for a compressionless "Gas or Vapor Engine".
- April 10 » The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town of Missolonghi begin leaving the town after a year's siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.
- September 11 » Captain William Morgan, an ex-freemason is arrested in Batavia, New York for debt after declaring that he would publish The Mysteries of Free Masonry, a book against Freemasonry. This sets into motion the events that lead to his mysterious disappearance.
- October 7 » The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.
Day of death April 16, 1871
- The temperature on April 16, 1871 was about 11.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 37 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
- In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- January 19 » Franco-Prussian War: In the Siege of Paris, Prussia wins the Battle of St. Quentin. Meanwhile, the French attempt to break the siege in the Battle of Buzenval will end unsuccessfully the following day.
- January 28 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice.
- May 4 » The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
- May 21 » French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week", some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.
- July 30 » The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
- August 29 » Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).
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- 1810 » Ernestine Rose, American suffragist, abolitionist, and freethinker († 1892)
- 1812 » Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic († 1883)
- 1832 » Horatio Alger, Jr., American novelist and journalist († 1899)
- 1845 » Félix Tisserand, French astronomer and academic († 1896)
- 1846 » Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer (b. 1763)
- 1850 » Marie Tussaud, French-English sculptor, founded the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (b. 1761)
- 1859 » Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and philosopher, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1805)
- 1879 » Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint (b. 1844)
- 1888 » Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist (b. 1845)
- 1899 » Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist (b. 1875)
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Tine Hoffmann & Berndt Westermann (contact R.Westermann), "Genealogy Westermann (Vestermann, Vestermand) 1665 – 2006", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/genealogie-westermann/I35.php : accessed February 1, 2026), "Mr. Willem Bernt Westermann (1826-1871)".