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Personal data Wilhelmus Rijkers 


Household of Wilhelmus Rijkers

He is married to Cornelia Driessen.

They got married on May 8, 1863 at Riethoven (gemeente Bergeijk), he was 23 years old.

BS Riethoven huwelijken;

Child(ren):

  1. Johanna Maria Rijkers  1864-1904 
  2. Hendrikus Rijkers  1865-1950 
  3. Peternella Rijkers  1868-1871
  5. Wilhelmus Rijkers  1872-> 1915 
  6. Petronella Rijkers  1875-???? 
  7. Hendrika Rijkers  1877-???? 
  8. Johannes Rijkers  1879-1880


Notes about Wilhelmus Rijkers

BS Valkenswaard, overlijdens; woont wijk D, 44;
bev.reg. Riethoven 1890-1902, lijst van hoofdbewoners wijk A 31 t/m 60;
bev.reg. Riethoven 1903-1916 f 34; woont A 35; naar V. 7.12.1908;
BS Riethoven, geboorten;
bev.reg. Riethoven 1890-1902; f 34; woont 35
Bev. reg. Riethoven 1870-1879 f 101; woont voort 6;
ook: Rykers;

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Birthday July 22, 1839

  • The temperature on July 22, 1839 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt winderig regen. 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 1839: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • January 6 » The Night of the Big Wind, the most damaging storm in 300 years, sweeps across Ireland, damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in Dublin.
    • January 19 » The British East India Company captures Aden.
    • April 19 » The Treaty of London establishes Belgium as a kingdom and guarantees its neutrality.
    • July 3 » The first state normal school in the United States, the forerunner to today's Framingham State University, opens in Lexington, Massachusetts with three students.
    • November 11 » The Virginia Military Institute is founded in Lexington, Virginia.
    • November 27 » In Boston, Massachusetts, the American Statistical Association is founded.

Day of marriage May 8, 1863

  • The temperature on May 8, 1863 was about 12.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • July 1 » Keti Koti (Emancipation Day) in Suriname, marking the abolition of slavery by the Netherlands.
    • July 3 » American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge.
    • July 4 » American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg: Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to U.S. forces under Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of siege. One hundred fifty miles up the Mississippi River, a Confederate army is repulsed at the Battle of Helena, Arkansas.
    • October 3 » The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
    • October 30 » Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes.
    • November 18 » King Christian IX of Denmark signs the November constitution that declares Schleswig to be part of Denmark. This is seen by the German Confederation as a violation of the London Protocol and leads to the German–Danish war of 1864.

Day of death January 16, 1911

  • The temperature on January 16, 1911 was between -6.0 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 3 » A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
    • January 26 » Glenn Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
    • March 25 » In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
    • March 29 » The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
    • September 1 » The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
    • September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.


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