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Personal data Fokke Jans Wijnstra 


Household of Fokke Jans Wijnstra

He is married to Trijntje Johannes de Wit.

They got married on May 11, 1863 at Opsterland, Friesland, he was 27 years old.

Huwelijksakte Opsterland, 1863
Bruidegom: Fokke Wijnstra, oud 27 jaar, geboren te Hemrik
Vader: Jan Jilts Wijnstra
Moeder: Albertje Hendriks de Vries
Bruid: Trijntje Johannes de Wit, oud 28 jaar, geboren te Lippenhuizen
Vader: Johannes Abeles de Wit
Moeder: Jeltje Luitzens de Vries
Datum: 11 mei 1863, akte nr. 49

Child(ren):

  2. Jeltje Fokkes Wijnstra  1864-1945 
  6. Sytske Fokkes Wijnstra  1871-< 1872

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Birthday May 9, 1836

  • The temperature on May 9, 1836 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 1836: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • February 19 » King William IV signs Letters Patent establishing the Province of South Australia.
    • February 25 » Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for his revolver firearm.
    • June 16 » The formation of the London Working Men's Association gives rise to the Chartist Movement.
    • October 16 » Great Trek: Afrikaner voortrekkers repulse a Matabele attack, but lose their livestock.
    • December 27 » The worst ever avalanche in England occurs at Lewes, Sussex, killing eight people.
    • December 28 » South Australia and Adelaide are founded.

Day of marriage May 11, 1863

  • The temperature on May 11, 1863 was about 13.2 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. 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 » American Civil War: The Battle of Gettysburg begins.
    • July 1 » Keti Koti (Emancipation Day) in Suriname, marking the abolition of slavery by the Netherlands.
    • 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.
    • August 16 » The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country.
    • September 6 » American Civil War: Confederate forces evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.
    • October 14 » American Civil War: Confederate troops under the command of A. P. Hill fail to drive the Union Army completely out of Virginia.

Day of death October 29, 1920

  • The temperature on October 29, 1920 was between -0.6 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
    • January 23 » The Netherlands refuses to surrender the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies.
    • May 16 » In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
    • May 29 » The Louth flood of 1920 was a severe flash flooding in the Lincolnshire market town of Louth which occurred 29 May 1920, resulting in 23 fatalities in 20 minutes. It has been described as one of the most significant flood disasters in Britain during the 20th century.
    • July 11 » In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany.
    • July 15 » The Polish Parliament establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite.
    • November 15 » The Free City of Danzig is established.


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