Descendants Heeres » Willem Westera (Gerrits) (1798-1860)

Personal data Willem Westera (Gerrits) 

  • He was born on January 28, 1798 in Kampen.
  • Profession: Veehouder.
  • He died on March 17, 1860 in Kampen, he was 62 years old.
  • This information was last updated on March 3, 2010.

Household of Willem Westera (Gerrits)

He is married to Hendrikje Rietberg.

They got married on October 7, 1847 at Kampen, he was 49 years old.Source 1


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Sources

  1. Aktenummer: 46

Historical events

Birthday January 28, 1798

  • The temperature on January 28, 1798 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: helder. 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 1798: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 15 » The Roman Republic is proclaimed after Louis-Alexandre Berthier, a general of Napoleon, had invaded the city of Rome five days earlier.
    • June 5 » The Battle of New Ross: The attempt to spread the United Irish Rebellion into Munster is defeated.
    • July 7 » As a result of the XYZ Affair, the US Congress rescinds the Treaty of Alliance with France sparking the "Quasi-War".
    • July 21 » French campaign in Egypt and Syria: Napoleon's forces defeat an Ottoman-Mamluk army near Cairo in the Battle of the Pyramids.
    • August 31 » Irish Rebellion: Irish rebels, with French assistance, establish the short-lived Republic of Connacht.
    • September 10 » At the Battle of St. George's Caye, British Honduras defeats Spain.

Day of death March 17, 1860

  • The temperature on March 17, 1860 was about 6.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 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).
  • From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
  • In the year 1860: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 1 » The first Polish stamp is issued, replacing the Russian stamps previously in use.
    • April 9 » On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.
    • May 5 » Giuseppe Garibaldi sets sail from Genoa, leading the expedition of the Thousand to conquer the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and giving birth to the Kingdom of Italy.
    • May 18 » Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State.
    • September 7 » Italian unification: Giuseppe Garibaldi enters Naples.
    • December 29 » The launch of HMSWarrior, with her combination of screw propeller, iron hull and iron armour, renders all previous warships obsolete.


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