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Personal data Willem Rijn
Source 1- He was born on November 23, 1840 in Goes, Nederland.
- He died on November 29, 1865 in Goes, Nederland, he was 25 years old.
- A child of Jacobus Rijn and Cornelia Rijn
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Historical events
Birthday November 23, 1840
- The temperature on November 23, 1840 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent betrokken bui winderig. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.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 1840: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- February 10 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
- February 11 » Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment receives its first performance in Paris, France.
- May 1 » The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
- May 20 » York Minster is badly damaged by fire.
- July 23 » The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union.
- October 7 » Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
Day of death November 29, 1865
- The temperature on November 29, 1865 was about 6.9 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 75 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- March 18 » American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last time.
- April 27 » The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state's land grant institution.
- May 1 » The Empire of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance.
- May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate government was declared dissolved at Washington, Georgia.
- July 21 » In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first western showdown.
- December 5 » Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.
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Bjorn Ras, "Family tree Ras", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/ras-stamboom/I500062.php : accessed January 30, 2026), "Willem Rijn (1840-1865)".