Family tree Drupsteen » Cornelis Riekwel (1851-1938)
Personal data Cornelis Riekwel
- He was born on January 15, 1851 in Vlissingen.
- Profession: smid.
- He died on January 19, 1938 in Haarlem, he was 87 years old.
- A child of Leendert Riekwel and Suzanne Sohier
- This information was last updated on March 21, 2007.
Household of Cornelis Riekwel
He is married to Johanna Mosk.
They got married on November 23, 1871, he was 20 years old.
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Birthday January 15, 1851
- The temperature on January 15, 1851 was about 4.4 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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 1 » Queen Victoria opens The Great Exhibition at The Crystal Palace in London.
- July 29 » Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia.
- October 24 » William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel and Ariel orbiting Uranus.
- November 13 » The Denny Party lands at Alki Point, before moving to the other side of Elliott Bay to what would become Seattle.
- December 8 » Conservative Santiago-based government troops defeat rebels at the Battle of Loncomilla, signaling the end of the 1851 Chilean Revolution.
- December 29 » The first American YMCA opens in Boston, Massachusetts.
Day of marriage November 23, 1871
- The temperature on November 23, 1871 was about -0.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
- In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- March 18 » Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders the evacuation of Paris.
- March 21 » Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
- August 29 » Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).
- October 8 » The Great Chicago Fire and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire break out.
- October 12 » The British in India enact the Criminal Tribes Act, naming many local communities "Criminal Tribes".
- October 24 » An estimated 17 to 20 Chinese immigrants are lynched in Los Angeles, California.
Day of death January 19, 1938
- The temperature on January 19, 1938 was between 3.2 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
- April 10 » The 1938 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for a single list of Nazi candidates and the recent annexation of Austria.
- August 18 » The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- August 20 » Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez.
- September 30 » The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
- October 30 » Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing anxiety in some of the audience in the United States.
- December 13 » The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.
Same birth/death day
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- 1855 » Jacques Damala, Greek-French soldier and actor († 1889)
- 1858 » Giovanni Segantini, Italian painter († 1899)
- 1859 » Archibald Peake, English-Australian politician, 25th Premier of South Australia († 1920)
- 1929 » Liang Qichao, Chinese journalist, philosopher, and scholar (b. 1873)
- 1930 » Frank P. Ramsey, British mathematician, philosopher and economist (b. 1903)
- 1938 » Branislav Nušić, Serbian author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1864)
- 1945 » Gustave Mesny, French general (b. 1886)
- 1948 » Tony Garnier, French architect and urban planner, designed the Stade de Gerland (b. 1869)
- 1954 » Theodor Kaluza, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1885)
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