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Personal data Grietje van Driesum
- She was born on February 14, 1851 in Gemeente Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Netherlands.
- She died in .
- A child of Jan Feikes van Driesum and Cornelia Bijlsma
- This information was last updated on August 23, 2018.
Household of Grietje van Driesum
(1) She is married to Frans Hoekstra.
They got married on January 22, 1870 at Kollumerland, Friesland, Netherlands, she was 18 years old.Source 1
Child(ren):
- Douwe Hoekstra 1869-1874
- Kornelia Hoekstra 1871-????
- Frans Hoekstra 1874-????
(2) She is married to Pier Meijer.
They got married on September 3, 1879 at Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland, she was 28 years old.Source 2
Child(ren):
- Johannes Meijer 1879-????
- Wietsche Meijer 1881-????
- Fokje Meijer 1883-????
- Pier Meijer 1885-????
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Historical events
Birthday February 14, 1851
- The temperature on February 14, 1851 was about -1.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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.
- January 28 » Northwestern University becomes the first chartered university in Illinois.
- April 2 » Rama IV is crowned King of Thailand.
- July 29 » Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia.
- September 18 » First publication of The New-York Daily Times, which later becomes The New York Times.
- 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.
- December 24 » The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., burns.
Day of marriage September 3, 1879
- The temperature on September 3, 1879 was about 16.7 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
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