Genealogy Pot en Smit » JAN KOUWENHOVEN (1859-1911)
Personal data JAN KOUWENHOVEN
- He was born on April 20, 1859 in OUD-BEIJERLAND.Source 1
- Profession: MANUFACTURIER.
- He died on April 2, 1911 in ROTTERDAM, he was 51 years old.Source 2
OVERLEDEN TE ROTTERDAM, DOCH WONENDE TE OUD-BEIJERLAND.
- A child of PIETER KOUWENHOVEN and MARIA VOLLENHOU
- This information was last updated on January 23, 2014.
Household of JAN KOUWENHOVEN
He is married to SUZANNA KLAZINA SMIT.
They got married on June 18, 1885 at OUD-BEIJERLAND, he was 26 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
- EMMETJE MARIA KOUWENHOVEN 1888-1907
- ELIZABETH HUIGJE KOUWENHOVEN 1891-????
- PIETERNELLA MAARTJE KOUWENHOVEN 1892-1892
- PIETERNELLA MAARTJE KOUWENHOVEN 1893-????
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Sources
- ARCHIEF GEMEENTE OUD-BEIJERLAND, akte 45
- NATIONAAL ARCHIEF (RIJKSARCHIEF ZUID-HOLLAND), akte 23
- ARCHIEF GEMEENTE OUD-BEIJERLAND, akte 24
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Birthday April 20, 1859
- The temperature on April 20, 1859 was about 5.6 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. 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).
- From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
- In the year 1859: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
- February 4 » The Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt.
- May 4 » The Cornwall Railway opens across the Royal Albert Bridge linking Devon and Cornwall in England.
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Day of marriage June 18, 1885
- The temperature on June 18, 1885 was about 14.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- January 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
- February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
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Day of death April 2, 1911
- The temperature on April 2, 1911 was between 4.8 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
- January 29 » Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911.
- May 15 » In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
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- October 24 » Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
- November 5 » After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
- December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
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