Het Grote Driessen Boek » Wilhelmus Rijkers (1839-1911)

Personal data Wilhelmus Rijkers 


Household of Wilhelmus Rijkers

He is married to Cornelia Driessen.

They got married on May 8, 1863 at Riethoven, North Brabant, Netherlands, he was 23 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Johannes Rijkers  ????-1880
  3. Hendrikus Rijkers  1865-1920
  4. Petronella Rijkers  1868-1871
  6. Wilhelmus Rijkers  1872-1911
  7. Petronella Rijkers  1875-1949
  8. Hendrika Rijkers  1877-1962


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Birthday July 22, 1839

  • The temperature on July 22, 1839 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt winderig regen. 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 1839: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • January 6 » The Night of the Big Wind, the most damaging storm in 300 years, sweeps across Ireland, damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in Dublin.
    • January 9 » The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.
    • January 19 » The British East India Company captures Aden.
    • July 2 » Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 kidnapped Africans led by Joseph Cinqué mutiny and take over the slave ship Amistad.
    • August 19 » The French government announces that Louis Daguerre's photographic process is a gift "free to the world".
    • November 11 » The Virginia Military Institute is founded in Lexington, Virginia.

Day of marriage May 8, 1863

  • The temperature on May 8, 1863 was about 12.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • August 15 » The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863).
    • September 7 » American Civil War: Union troops under Quincy A. Gillmore captures Fort Wagner in Morris Island after a 7-week siege.
    • September 20 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, ends in a Confederate victory.
    • October 30 » Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes.
    • October 31 » The New Zealand Wars resume as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron begin their Invasion of the Waikato.
    • November 18 » King Christian IX of Denmark signs the November constitution that declares Schleswig to be part of Denmark. This is seen by the German Confederation as a violation of the London Protocol and leads to the German–Danish war of 1864.

Day of death January 16, 1911

  • The temperature on January 16, 1911 was between -6.4 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged -1.6 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 5 » Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's third oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
    • April 27 » Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
    • April 29 » Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
    • July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
    • August 29 » Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
    • December 29 » Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.


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