Harting family tree » Matje Vreeken (1801-1871)

Day of marriage May 21, 1821

• The temperature on May 21, 1821 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: half bewolkt 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 1821: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 24 » Final stage of the Mexican War of Independence from Spain with Plan of Iguala.
  • April 10 » Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Ottoman government from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus.
  • May 12 » The first major battle of the Greek War of Independence against the Turks is fought in Valtetsi.
  • July 23 » While the Mora Rebellion continues, Greeks capture Monemvasia Castle. Turkish troops and citizens are transferred to Asia Minor's coasts.
  • July 28 » José de San Martín declares the independence of Peru from Spain.
  • August 24 » The Treaty of Córdoba is signed in Córdoba, now in Veracruz, Mexico, concluding the Mexican War of Independence from Spain.

Day of death October 6, 1871

• The temperature on October 6, 1871 was about 14.9 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. 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 Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 18 » Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed Kaiser Wilhelm in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles (France) towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. Wilhelm already had the title of German Emperor since the constitution of 1 January 1871, but he had hesitated to accept the title.
  • February 17 » The victorious Prussian Army parades through Paris, France, after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
  • March 21 » Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
  • May 4 » The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
  • May 21 » French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week", some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.
  • October 10 » Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8–10.

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• 1836 » Johannes Jelgerhuis, Dutch painter and actor (b. 1770)
• 1873 » Paweł Strzelecki, Polish-English geologist and explorer (b. 1797)
• 1883 » Dục Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1852)
• 1891 » Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (b. 1846)
• 1892 » Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet (b. 1809)
• 1912 » Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1829)