Family Tree Bron » Douwe Jans Zeilstra (1787-1860)

Personal data Douwe Jans Zeilstra 

  • He was born in the year 1787.
  • He died on May 6, 1860 in Wunseradiel, Nederland, he was 73 years old.
  • A child of Jan Zeilstra

Household of Douwe Jans Zeilstra

He is married to Froukjen Sybes Postma.

They got married


Child(ren):

  1. Gerrit Douwes Zeilstra  1822-1894 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Douwe Jans Zeilstra

Douwe Jans Zeilstra
1787-1860


Froukjen Sybes Postma
1791-1860

Gerrit Douwes Zeilstra
1822-1894

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Day of death May 6, 1860

  • The temperature on May 6, 1860 was about 10.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%. 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.
    • March 17 » The First Taranaki War begins in Taranaki, New Zealand, a major phase of the New Zealand Wars.
    • March 28 » First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
    • 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.
    • June 30 » The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place.
    • August 5 » Charles XV of Sweden of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.
    • September 8 » The steamship PSLady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.


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