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Personal data Peter Jan Snellen 

  • He was born on August 31, 1846 in Meijel.
    BS Geboorte met Peter Jan Snellen
    Kind: Peter Jan Snellen
    Geslacht: Man
    Vader: Gerard Snellen
    Moeder: Catharina Verstappen
    Gebeurtenis: Geboorte
    Datum: 31-08-1846
    Gebeurtenisplaats: Meijel
    Documenttype: BS Geboorte
    Erfgoedinstelling
    Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg
    Plaats instelling: Maastricht
    Collectiegebied: Limburg
    Archief: 12.066
    Registratienummer: 4
    Aktenummer: 20
    Registratiedatum: 01-09-1846
    Akteplaats: Meijel
    Collectie: Burgerlijke Stand in Limburg: Meijel
  • He died on November 26, 1917 in Helden, he was 71 years old.
    BS Overlijden met Peter Jan Snellen
    Overledene: Peter Jan Snellen
    Geboorteplaats: Meijel
    Geslacht: Man
    Leeftijd: 71
    Vader: Gerard Snellen
    Moeder: Catharina Verstappen
    Partner: Maria Gielen
    Gebeurtenis: Overlijden
    Datum: 26-11-1917
    Gebeurtenisplaats: Helden
  • A child of Gerardus Snellen and Catharina Verstappen
  • This information was last updated on August 9, 2019.

Household of Peter Jan Snellen

He is married to Maria Gielen.

They got married on April 24, 1876 at Helden, he was 29 years old.

BS Huwelijk met Peter Jan Snellen
Bruidegom: Peter Jan Snellen
Geboortedatum: 31-08-1846
Geboorteplaats: Meijel
Leeftijd: 29
Bruid: Anna Maria Gielen
Geboortedatum: 30-11-1847
Geboorteplaats: Helden
Leeftijd: 28
Vader van de bruidegom: Gerard Snellen
Moeder van de bruidegom: Catharina Verstappen
Vader van de bruid: Theodorus Gielen
Moeder van de bruid: Maria Peeters
Gebeurtenis: Huwelijk
Datum: 24-04-1876
Gebeurtenisplaats: Helden

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Peter Jan Snellen

Joannes Snellen
± 1785-????
Anna Catharina Roosen
± 1765-1847
Gisbertus Verstappen
± 1785-????
Gertrudis Stemkens
± 1785-????

Peter Jan Snellen
1846-1917

1876

Maria Gielen
1847-????


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Birthday August 31, 1846

  • The temperature on August 31, 1846 was about 18.0 °C. There was 704 mm of rainWind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt. Special wheather fenomena: . 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 1846: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • February 10 » First Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Sobraon: British defeat Sikhs in the final battle of the war.
    • May 12 » The Donner Party of pioneers departs Independence, Missouri for California, on what will become a year-long journey of hardship and cannibalism.
    • June 19 » The first officially recorded, organized baseball game is played under Alexander Cartwright's rules on Hoboken, New Jersey's Elysian Fields with the New York Base Ball Club defeating the Knickerbockers 23–1. Cartwright umpired.
    • September 10 » Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine.
    • October 16 » William T. G. Morton administers ether anesthesia during a surgical operation.
    • December 24 » British acquired Labuan from the Sultanate of Brunei for Great Britain.

Day of marriage April 24, 1876

  • The temperature on April 24, 1876 was about 16.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 44%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 2 » The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
    • March 10 » The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
    • August 8 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
    • August 31 » Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid II.
    • September 7 » In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.
    • October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.

Day of death November 26, 1917

  • The temperature on November 26, 1917 was between 1.4 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 4 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
    • February 3 » First World War: The American entry into World War I begins when diplomatic relations with Germany are severed due to its unrestricted submarine warfare.
    • March 8 » International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23rd in the Julian calendar).
    • May 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
    • July 6 » World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
    • July 28 » The Silent Parade took place in New York City, in protest to murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.
    • December 9 » World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem, Palestine.


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