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Personal data Jan Mathis "Mathijs" Petitjean 

  • Nickname is Mathijs.
  • He was born on May 11, 1838 in Beek, Limburg, Nederland.Source 1
    Tijdstip: 8.00
    (aangifte op 12-05-1838 door oa. Renier Petitjean vader)
  • Profession: dienstbode/landbouwer.
  • Resident on June 2, 1868: Dorpstraat 27/29, Kleingenhout.
    (terug van Maastricht; op 21-02-1871 naar Aken; 06-01-1875 terug uit Ric
  • He died on May 23, 1922 in Beek, Limburg, Nederland, he was 84 years old.Source 2
    Tijdstip: 5.00
    (wonend Molenstraat 26; aangifte door oa. Hubert Cobben neef)
  • A child of Joannis Reinerus Petitjean and Anna Maria Augustus
  • This information was last updated on October 21, 2017.

Household of Jan Mathis "Mathijs" Petitjean

He is married to Maria Margaretha Hubertina Lenssen.

They got married on April 20, 1882 at Beek, Limburg, Nederland, he was 43 years old.Source 3

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    1. BS Beek, akte 78
    2. BS Beek, akte 39
    3. BS Beek, akte 5

    Historical events

    • The temperature on May 11, 1838 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 1838: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
      • January 6 » Alfred Vail and colleagues demonstrate a telegraph system using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code).
      • January 26 » Tennessee enacts the first prohibition law in the United States.
      • February 17 » Weenen massacre: Hundreds of Voortrekkers along the Blaukraans River, Natal are killed by Zulus.
      • July 4 » The Iowa Territory is organized.
      • September 3 » Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery.
      • September 18 » The Anti-Corn Law League is established by Richard Cobden.
    • The temperature on April 20, 1882 was about 11.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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 1882: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • March 29 » The Knights of Columbus is established.
      • July 11 » The British Mediterranean Fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the Anglo-Egyptian War.
      • July 26 » Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.
      • July 26 » The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa.
      • September 13 » Anglo-Egyptian War: The Battle of Tel el-Kebir is fought.
      • September 30 » Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation.
    • The temperature on May 23, 1922 was between 13.2 °C and 32.1 °C and averaged 23.4 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
      • March 10 » Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation.
      • April 20 » The Soviet government creates South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within Georgian SSR.
      • June 24 » The American Professional Football Association is renamed the National Football League.
      • June 29 » France grants 1km at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes".
      • July 15 » Japanese Communist Party is established in Japan.
      • August 22 » Michael Collins, Commander-in-chief of the Irish Free State Army, is shot dead in an ambush during the Irish Civil War.
    

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