Family tree de Bres » Catharina Free (1826-1898)
Personal data Catharina Free
- She was born on June 18, 1826 in Bergen op Zoom.
- She died on March 5, 1898 in Borgerhout-Belgie, she was 71 years old.
- The birth parents are Sebastianus Free and Anna Maria de Bres
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Birthday June 18, 1826
- The temperature on June 18, 1826 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt 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 1826: Source: Wikipedia
- April 1 » Samuel Morey received a patent for a compressionless "Gas or Vapor Engine".
- September 11 » Captain William Morgan, an ex-freemason is arrested in Batavia, New York for debt after declaring that he would publish The Mysteries of Free Masonry, a book against Freemasonry. This sets into motion the events that lead to his mysterious disappearance.
- November 25 » The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy.
- December 21 » American settlers in Nacogdoches, Mexican Texas, declare their independence, starting the Fredonian Rebellion.
- December 24 » The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy begins that night, wrapping up the following morning.
- December 25 » The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy concludes after beginning the previous evening.
Day of death March 5, 1898
- The temperature on March 5, 1898 was about -1.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- June 11 » The Hundred Days' Reform, a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is started by the Guangxu Emperor, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. (The failed reform led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.)
- June 12 » Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
- June 22 » Spanish–American War: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the U.S. Fifth Army Corps begins landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, about 16 miles (26km) east of Santiago de Cuba. Lt. Gen. Arsenio Linares y Pombo of the Spanish Army outnumbers them two-to-one, but does not oppose the landings.
- August 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
- August 13 » Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engage in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
- October 18 » The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.
Same birth/death day
- 1815 » Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general († 1881)
- 1816 » Hélène Napoleone Bonaparte, French daughter of Napoleon († 1907)
- 1816 » Jung Bahadur Rana, Nepali ruler († 1877)
- 1833 » Manuel González Flores, Mexican general and President (1880-1884) († 1893)
- 1834 » Auguste-Théodore-Paul de Broglie, French philosopher and academic († 1895)
- 1839 » William H. Seward Jr., American general and banker († 1920)
- 1876 » Marie d'Agoult, German-French historian and author (b. 1805)
- 1893 » Hippolyte Taine, French historian and critic (b. 1828)
- 1895 » Nikolai Leskov, Russian author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1831)
- 1895 » Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, English general and scholar (b. 1810)
- 1907 » Friedrich Blass, German philologist, scholar, and academic (b. 1843)
- 1925 » Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1859)
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The Family tree de Bres publication was prepared by H.F. de Bres.
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H.F. de Bres, "Family tree de Bres", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-de-bres/I489.php : accessed February 17, 2026), "Catharina Free (1826-1898)".
H.F. de Bres, "Family tree de Bres", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-de-bres/I489.php : accessed February 17, 2026), "Catharina Free (1826-1898)".