Family tree Ham » Jan Detmers Tjabbes (1791-1870)

Christening day October 30, 1791

• The temperature on October 30, 1791 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1791: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 2 » Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
  • May 15 » French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance.
  • August 14 » Slaves from plantations in Saint-Domingue hold a Vodou ceremony led by houngan Dutty Boukman at Bois Caïman, marking the start of the Haitian Revolution.
  • August 26 » John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
  • September 14 » The Papal States lose Avignon to Revolutionary France.
  • November 4 » Northwest Indian War: The Western Confederacy of American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash.

Day of marriage May 5, 1821

• The temperature on May 5, 1821 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: half bewolkt donder weerlicht. 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 1821: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 25 » Traditional date of the start of the Greek War of Independence. The war had actually begun on 23 February 1821 (Julian calendar).
  • May 5 » Emperor Napoleon dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.
  • May 8 » Greek War of Independence: The Greeks defeat the Turks at the Battle of Gravia Inn.
  • May 12 » The first major battle of the Greek War of Independence against the Turks is fought in Valtetsi.
  • July 9 » Four hundred and seventy prominent Cypriots including Archbishop Kyprianos are executed in response to Cypriot aid to the Greek War of Independence.
  • September 23 » Tripolitsa, Greece, is captured by Greek rebels during the Greek War of Independence.

Day of death February 19, 1870

• The temperature on February 19, 1870 was about -0.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 9 » US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
  • February 15 » Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, USA and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering.
  • March 1 » Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War.
  • July 1 » The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
  • August 2 » Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
  • September 1 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.

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• 1837 » Georg Büchner, German-Swiss poet and playwright (b. 1813)
• 1837 » Thomas Burgess, English bishop and philosopher (b. 1756)
• 1887 » Multatuli, Dutch-German author and civil servant (b. 1820)
• 1897 » Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician and academic (b. 1815)
• 1915 » Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian philosopher and politician (b. 1866)
• 1916 » Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838)