Genealogy Kuipers » Jan Taekes van der Meij (1840-1895)
Personal data Jan Taekes van der Meij
- He was born on October 18, 1840 in Damwoude, Friesland, Nederland.
- He died on February 3, 1895 in Dokkum, Friesland, Netherlands, he was 54 years old.
- This information was last updated on October 31, 2006.
Household of Jan Taekes van der Meij
He is married to Ymkje Fokkes van der Wal.
They got married May 1876 at Dokkum, Friesland, Netherlands, he was 35 years old.
Child(ren):
- Taeke Jans van der Meij 1877-1943
Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Taekes van der Meij
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Historical events
Birthday October 18, 1840
- The temperature on October 18, 1840 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt dampig. 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 1840: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- February 6 » Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
- May 1 » The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
- May 6 » The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- May 7 » The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest tornado in United States history.
- May 20 » York Minster is badly damaged by fire.
- October 11 » The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.
Day of death February 3, 1895
- The temperature on February 3, 1895 was about -4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 13 » First Italo-Ethiopian War: the war's opening battle, the Battle of Coatit, occurs; it is an Italian victory.
- April 8 » In Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. the Supreme Court of the United States declares unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional.
- August 31 » German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon.
- November 5 » George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
- November 28 » The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours.
- December 28 » The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines.
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