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Personal data Benno Wiegers
- He was born on March 10, 1832 in Westerlee gem. Scheemda.
- Occupations:
- Arbeider.
- in the year 1872 Spekslager.
- He died on July 15, 1923 in Ter Apel gem. Vlagtwedde, he was 91 years old.
- A child of Willem Sipkes Wiegers (Wijcherts) and Zwaantje Bennes Hazelholf
- This information was last updated on June 9, 2012.
Household of Benno Wiegers
(1) He is married to Albertje Holt.
They got married on June 28, 1856 at Winschoten, he was 24 years old.
Child(ren):
- Albertje Wiegers 1857-1916
- Zwaantje Wiegers 1859-1871
- Willem Wiegers 1861-1927
- Engel Wiegers 1864-1933
- Siepko Wiegers 1866-1941
- Geert Wiegers 1869-1946
(2) He is married to Janna Bontkes.
They got married on December 16, 1874 at Winschoten, he was 42 years old.
Child(ren):
- Zwaantje Wiegers 1876-????
- Anna Wiegers 1878-1879
- Anna Wiegers 1881-1949
- Jan Wiegers 1884-????
- Geertruida Wiegers 1890-1893
- Antje Wiegers 1893-1893
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Birthday March 10, 1832
- The temperature on March 10, 1832 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: betrokken dampig. 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 year 1832: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- April 8 » Black Hawk War: Around three-hundred United States 6th Infantry troops leave St. Louis, Missouri to fight the Sauk Native Americans.
- May 7 » Greece's independence is recognized by the Treaty of London.
- June 7 » Asian cholera reaches Quebec, brought by Irish immigrants, and kills about 6,000 people in Lower Canada.
- August 27 » Black Hawk, leader of the Sauk tribe of Native Americans, surrenders to U.S. authorities, ending the Black Hawk War.
- November 21 » Wabash College is founded in Crawfordsville, Indiana.
- December 21 » Egyptian–Ottoman War: Egyptian forces decisively defeat Ottoman troops at the Battle of Konya.
Day of marriage December 16, 1874
- The temperature on December 16, 1874 was about -1.4 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
- 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 1874: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- February 28 » One of the longest cases ever heard in an English court ends when the defendant is convicted of perjury for attempting to assume the identity of the heir to the Tichborne baronetcy.
- March 15 » France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
- July 8 » The Mounties begin their March West.
- July 14 » The Chicago Fire of 1874 burns down 47 acres of the city, destroying 812 buildings, killing 20, and resulting in the fire insurance industry demanding municipal reforms from Chicago's city council.
- August 5 » Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
- November 7 » A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.
Day of death July 15, 1923
- The temperature on July 15, 1923 was between 14.5 °C and 24.8 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 10.2 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
- January 9 » Lithuanian residents of the Memel Territory rebel against the League of Nations' decision to leave the area as a mandated region under French control.
- January 11 » Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
- April 18 » Yankee Stadium: "The House that Ruth Built" opens.
- September 13 » Following a military coup in Spain, Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship.
- October 15 » The German Rentenmark is introduced in Germany to counter hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic.
- October 31 » The first of 160 consecutive days of 100° Fahrenheit at Marble Bar, Western Australia.
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