Descendants Hemerik-Broekhuizen-Huner-Koper-Barink » Matthijs Colpa (1874-1940)
Personal data Matthijs Colpa
- He was born on December 8, 1874 in Leiderdorp.
- Profession: Schoenmaker.
- He died on January 23, 1940 in Leiden, he was 65 years old.
- A child of Jacob Colpa and Christina Wilhelmina Onvlee
- This information was last updated on September 22, 2024.
Household of Matthijs Colpa
He is married to Adriana Botermans.
They got married on October 25, 1894 at Leiderdorp, he was 19 years old.Source 1
Child(ren):
- Christina Wilhelmina Colpa 1894-????
- Adriana Colpa 1896-????
- Jacob Colpa 1898-????
- Hermanus Colpa 1900-
- Cornelia Colpa 1902-1904
- Cornelia Colpa 1904-1986
- Johanna Colpa 1907-1941
- Matthijs Colpa 1908-
- Hendrik Colpa 1911-
- Wilhelmina Colpa 1912-
- Elisabeth Colpa 1915-1991
- Cornelis Colpa 1917-
- Willem Colpa 1920-
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Relationship Matthijs Colpa
- Matthijs Colpa is the 4th great grandson of Judocus Colpa:
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- Stamboom Van 't Schip, Van Schip, Van het Schip, one author has confirmed this is the same person
- Stamboom Steenbergen, van Kimmenaede, de Smit en Lensen, one author has confirmed this is the same person
Historical events
Birthday December 8, 1874
- The temperature on December 8, 1874 was about 6.7 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 27 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
- From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
- In the year 1874: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- March 18 » Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trade rights.
- May 16 » A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
- May 27 » The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.
- June 29 » Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" leveling complaints against King George. Trikoupis is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.
- July 8 » The Mounties begin their March West.
- November 7 » A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.
Day of marriage October 25, 1894
- The temperature on October 25, 1894 was about 10.3 °C. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- 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 1894: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- April 14 » The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
- July 25 » The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship.
- August 22 » Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
- September 15 » First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats Qing dynasty China in the Battle of Pyongyang.
- November 21 » Port Arthur, China, falls to the Japanese, a decisive victory of the First Sino-Japanese War; Japanese troops are accused of massacring the remaining inhabitants.
- December 22 » The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.
Day of death January 23, 1940
- The temperature on January 23, 1940 was between -8.8 °C and 3.4 °C and averaged -1.6 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
- January 19 » You Nazty Spy!, the first Hollywood film of any kind to satirize Adolf Hitler and the Nazis premieres, starring The Three Stooges, with Moe Howard as the character "Moe Hailstone" satirizing Hitler.
- January 29 » Three trains on the Nishinari Line; present Sakurajima Line, in Osaka, Japan, collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi Station. One hundred and eighty-one people are killed.
- June 3 » Franz Rademacher proposes plans to make Madagascar the "Jewish homeland", an idea that had first been considered by 19th century journalist Theodor Herzl.
- July 20 » California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.
- October 25 » Benjamin O. Davis Sr. is named the first African American general in the United States Army.
- November 18 » World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano meet to discuss Benito Mussolini's disastrous Italian invasion of Greece.
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