Family tree Griffioen Jellema Friese Adel » Grietje Libbes (Griettje) Veenstra (1828-1930)

Personal data Grietje Libbes (Griettje) Veenstra 


Household of Grietje Libbes (Griettje) Veenstra

She is married to Harmen Sierks van der Land.

They got married on May 7, 1870 at Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, Friesland, she was 42 years old.

Huwelijk 07-05-1870
BruidegomHarmen van der Land
Leeftijd 43
Geboorteplaats Kollumerzwaag
VaderSierk Hendriks van der Land
MoederTrijntje Klazes van der Veer
BruidGriettje Libbes Veenstra
Leeftijd 42
Geboorteplaats Twijzel, gemeente Achtkarspelen
VaderLibbe Jacobs Veenstra
MoederSjoerdtje Beerends de Meer
Bron Huwelijksregister 1870, Kollumerland c.a., , Aktenummer A13

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Historical events

Birthday March 21, 1828

  • The temperature on March 21, 1828 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt bui 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 1828: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 8 » The Democratic Party of the United States is organized.
    • February 21 » Initial issue of the Cherokee Phoenix is the first periodical to use the Cherokee syllabary invented by Sequoyah.
    • August 27 » Brazil and Argentina recognize the sovereignty of Uruguay in the Treaty of Montevideo
    • November 5 » Greek War of Independence: The French Morea expedition to recapture Morea (now the Peloponnese) ends when the last Ottoman forces depart the peninsula.
    • November 16 » Greek War of Independence: The London Protocol entails the creation of an autonomous Greek state under Ottoman suzerainty, encompassing the Morea and the Cyclades.
    • December 1 » Argentine general Juan Lavalle makes a coup against governor Manuel Dorrego, beginning the Decembrist revolution.

Day of marriage May 7, 1870

  • The temperature on May 7, 1870 was about 9.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. 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)
  • 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 year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 23 » Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
    • May 12 » The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
    • July 15 » Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.
    • August 18 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
    • September 19 » Franco-Prussian War: The siege of Paris begins. The city will hold out for over four months before surrendering.
    • November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.

Day of death April 3, 1930

  • The temperature on April 3, 1930 was between 1.2 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1930: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
    • April 22 » The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.
    • August 16 » The first color sound cartoon, Fiddlesticks, is released by Ub Iwerks.
    • August 29 » The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.
    • September 6 » Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup.
    • September 27 » Bobby Jones wins the (pre-Masters) Grand Slam of golf.
    • October 5 » British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage.


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