Family tree De Kunder » Dirk Meurs (1782-1851)
Personal data Dirk Meurs
- He was born on October 10, 1782 in Wageningen.
- Profession: arbeider.
- He died on February 22, 1851 in Wageningen, he was 68 years old.
- A child of Berend Derkszoon Meurs and Catharina van Veen
- This information was last updated on December 6, 2025.
Household of Dirk Meurs
He is married to Johanna Stelling.
They got married at Oudshoorn.
Child(ren):
- Barendina Meurs 1809-1883
- Jaantje Meurs 1811-1886
- Adriana Meurs 1813-1815
- Adriana Meurs 1816-1871
- Tijmen Meurs ± 1823-1837
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Historical events
Birthday October 10, 1782
- The temperature on October 10, 1782 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1782: Source: Wikipedia
- January 15 » Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris addresses the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
- April 19 » John Adams secures the Dutch Republic's recognition of the United States as an independent government. The house which he had purchased in The Hague, Netherlands becomes the first American embassy.
- April 21 » The city of Rattanakosin, now known internationally as Bangkok, is founded on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River by King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.
- June 10 » King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) is crowned.
- August 19 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks: The last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Charles Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown.
- September 13 » American Revolutionary War: Franco-Spanish troops launch the unsuccessful "grand assault" during the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
Day of death February 22, 1851
- The temperature on February 22, 1851 was about -1.4 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1851: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
- May 15 » The first Australian gold rush is proclaimed, although the discovery had been made three months earlier.
- August 22 » The first America's Cup is won by the yacht America.
- September 11 » Christiana Resistance: Escaped slaves led by William Parker fight off and kill a slave owner who, with a federal marshal and an armed party, sought to seize three of his former slaves in Christiana, Pennsylvania, thereby creating a cause célèbre between slavery proponents and abolitionists.
- October 18 » Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is first published as The Whale by Richard Bentley of London.
- October 24 » William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel and Ariel orbiting Uranus.
- November 9 » Kentucky marshals abduct abolitionist minister Calvin Fairbank from Jeffersonville, Indiana, and take him to Kentucky to stand trial for helping a slave escape.
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- 1780 » John Abercrombie, Scottish physician and philosopher († 1844)
- 1794 » William Whiting Boardman, American judge and politician († 1871)
- 1810 » Alfred Kennerley, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Tasmania († 1897)
- 1813 » Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer and philanthropist († 1901)
- 1819 » Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger, German theologian and author († 1883)
- 1825 » Paul Kruger, South African soldier and politician, 5th President of the South African Republic († 1904)
- 1816 » Adam Ferguson, Scottish historian and philosopher (b. 1723)
- 1875 » Charles Lyell, Scottish-English geologist and lawyer (b. 1797)
- 1875 » Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1796)
- 1888 » Anna Kingsford, English physician and activist (b. 1846)
- 1890 » Carl Bloch, Danish painter and academic (b. 1834)
- 1890 » John Jacob Astor III, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1822)
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