Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Jan Hendrik - Johann Heinrich - Grote-Kniepe Wolters (1854-1926)

Christening day March 19, 1854

• The temperature on March 19, 1854 was about 6.6 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 42%. 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).
• From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
• In the year 1854: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
  • March 1 » German psychologist Friedrich Eduard Beneke disappears; two years later his remains are found in a canal near Charlottenburg.
  • March 24 » President José Gregorio Monagas abolishes slavery in Venezuela.
  • July 13 » In the Battle of Guaymas, Mexico, General José María Yáñez stops the French invasion led by Count Gaston de Raousset-Boulbon.
  • August 19 » The First Sioux War begins when United States Army soldiers kill Lakota chief Conquering Bear and in return are massacred.
  • September 27 » The steamship SSArctic sinks with 300 people on board.
  • October 9 » Crimean War: The siege of Sevastopol begins.

Day of marriage October 2, 1885

• The temperature on October 2, 1885 was about 12.0 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
  • February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
  • March 19 » Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
  • April 30 » Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.
  • May 12 » North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
  • July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.

Day of death November 4, 1926

• The temperature on November 4, 1926 was between 0.6 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1926: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
  • January 26 » The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
  • May 25 » Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which is in government-in-exile in Paris.
  • July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
  • August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
  • November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.
  • November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1921 » Hara Takashi, Japanese politician, 10th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1856)
• 1924 » Gabriel Fauré, French pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1845)
• 1924 » Richard Conner, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
• 1930 » Akiyama Yoshifuru, Japanese general (b. 1859)
• 1930 » Buddy Bolden, American cornet player and bandleader (b. 1877)
• 1931 » Luigi Galleani, Italian theorist and activist (b. 1861)