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Personal data Jan Melis 


Household of Jan Melis

(1) He is married to Maria Kole.

They got married on May 7, 1869 at Kruiningen, he was 40 years old.


(2) He is married to Jacomina Dane.

They got married on May 27, 1897 at Kruiningen, he was 68 years old.

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Birthday October 24, 1828

  • The temperature on October 24, 1828 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: helder dampig. Source: KNMI
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    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 1828: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 8 » The Democratic Party of the United States is organized.
    • April 14 » Noah Webster copyrights the first edition of his dictionary.
    • August 27 » Brazil and Argentina recognize the sovereignty of Uruguay in the Treaty of Montevideo
    • October 7 » Morea expedition: The city of Patras, Greece, is liberated by the French expeditionary force.
    • November 5 » Greek War of Independence: The French Morea expedition to recapture Morea (now the Peloponnese) ends when the last Ottoman forces depart the peninsula.
    • November 16 » Greek War of Independence: The London Protocol entails the creation of an autonomous Greek state under Ottoman suzerainty, encompassing the Morea and the Cyclades.

Day of death October 15, 1899

  • The temperature on October 15, 1899 was about 12.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
    • February 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
    • February 22 » Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.
    • March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
    • March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
    • November 28 » The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.


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