Family tree De Backer - Evers » Joannes -Jan de Wit Witters (1801-1884)
Personal data Joannes -Jan de Wit Witters
Source 1- He was born on November 1, 1801 in Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver.
- He died on December 3, 1884 in Beerzel, he was 83 years old.
- A child of Joannes Franciscus Witters and Marie Elisabeth Horckmans
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Historical events
Birthday November 1, 1801
- The temperature on November 1, 1801 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1801: Source: Wikipedia
- March 21 » The Battle of Alexandria is fought between British and French forces near the ruins of Nicopolis near Alexandria in Egypt.
- May 6 » Captain Thomas Cochrane in the 14-gun HMSSpeedy captures the 32-gun Spanish frigate El Gamo.
- July 6 » First Battle of Algeciras: Outnumbered French Navy ships defeat the Royal Navy in the fortified Spanish port of Algeciras.
- July 11 » French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons makes his first comet discovery. In the next 27 years he discovers another 36 comets, more than any other person in history.
- July 12 » British ships inflict heavy damage on Spanish and French ships in the Second Battle of Algeciras.
- September 9 » Alexander I of Russia confirms the privileges of Baltic provinces.
Day of death December 3, 1884
- The temperature on December 3, 1884 was about 8.6 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
- June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
- July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
- October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
- December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.
- December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.
Same birth/death day
- 1769 » Garlieb Merkel, German author and activist († 1850)
- 1778 » Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden († 1837)
- 1782 » F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1859)
- 1808 » John Taylor, English-American religious leader, 3rd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints († 1887)
- 1831 » Harry Atkinson, English-New Zealand politician, 10th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1892)
- 1838 » 11th Dalai Lama († 1856)
- 1876 » Samuel Cooper, American general (b. 1798)
- 1882 » Archibald Tait, Scottish-English archbishop (b. 1811)
- 1888 » Carl Zeiss, German physicist and lens maker, created the optical instrument (b. 1816)
- 1890 » Billy Midwinter, English-Australian cricketer (b. 1851)
- 1892 » Afanasy Fet, Russian author and poet (b. 1820)
- 1894 » Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist (b. 1850)
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