Hjort family tree » Jens Petersen (1816-1880)

Personal data Jens Petersen 

  • He was born in the year 1816 in Hvirring sogn, Skanderborg amt.
  • (Beskµftigelse) : Farver.
  • (Folketµlling) in the year 1880 in Smedegade 7, Horsens: Farver.
  • He died on November 1, 1880 in Vor Frelser sogn, Horsens, he was 64 years old.
  • This information was last updated on February 10, 2022.

Household of Jens Petersen

He is married to Johanne Catharine Eriksen.

They got married on January 6, 1849 at Horsens, he was 33 years old.

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Historical events

Day of death November 1, 1880

  • The temperature on November 1, 1880 was about 5.8 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1880: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • May 11 » Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
    • May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
    • June 24 » First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
    • June 28 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
    • August 14 » Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
    • September 1 » The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War.


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