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Personal data Jan Mertens 

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Household of Jan Mertens

He is married to Trientje Berends van Es.

They got married on January 31, 1885 at Marum, Nederland, he was 27 years old.

Aktenummer: 2

Child(ren):

  1. Jacoba Mertens  1902-1946 
  2. Martje Mertens  1900-1985 
  3. Willem Mertens  1896-1979 
  5. Egbert Mertens  1890-1970 
  6. Berend Mertens  1888-????
  7. Johannes Mertens  1886-1965 

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    Historical events

    Birthday June 8, 1857

    • The temperature on June 8, 1857 was about 16.2 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. 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 July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1857: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
      • January 9 » The 7.9 Mw  Fort Tejon earthquake shakes Central and Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent).
      • January 24 » The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first fully fledged university in South Asia.
      • April 18 » "The Spirits Book" by Allan Kardec is published, marking the birth of Spiritualism in France.
      • June 1 » Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal is published.
      • September 7 » Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers slaughter most members of peaceful, emigrant wagon train.
      • December 31 » Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa, then a small logging town, as the capital of the Province of Canada.

    Day of marriage January 31, 1885

    • The temperature on January 31, 1885 was about 9.9 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • February 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
      • February 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
      • June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
      • July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.
      • August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
      • September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.

    Day of death February 7, 1908

    • The temperature on February 7, 1908 was between 1.2 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
      • January 11 » Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
      • January 13 » The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
      • January 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
      • April 8 » H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
      • August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
      • November 7 » Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente Canton, Bolivia.
    

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