Family tree Jan Werkman » Jan Klaassens Groelfsema (1841-1883)
Personal data Jan Klaassens Groelfsema
- He was born on April 25, 1841 in Garsthuizen, Stedum, Groningen, Nederland.
Tijdstip: 20:00
- Birth registration on April 28, 1841.Source 1
- Profession: Boerenknecht.
- He died on August 19, 1883 in Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland, he was 42 years old.
Tijdstip: 01:00
- Death registration on August 20, 1883.Source 2
- A child of Klaas Roelfs Groelfsema and Geertruid Jelmers Steenhuis
- This information was last updated on October 1, 2019.
Household of Jan Klaassens Groelfsema
He is married to Jantje Melles Griede.
They got married on December 18, 1865 at Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland, he was 24 years old.Source 3
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Birthday April 25, 1841
- 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 1841: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
- January 20 » Hong Kong Island is occupied by the British.
- April 4 » William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia, becoming the first President of the United States to die in office, and setting the record for the briefest administration. Vice President John Tyler succeeds Harrison as President.
- April 6 » U.S. President John Tyler is sworn in, two days after having become President upon William Henry Harrison's death.
- July 18 » Coronation of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil.
- October 16 » Queen's University is founded in the Province of Canada.
- November 13 » James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnotism.
Day of marriage December 18, 1865
- The temperature on December 18, 1865 was about 8.4 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 1865: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- January 31 » American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, abolishing slavery and submits it to the states for ratification.
- April 1 » American Civil War: Union troops led by Philip Sheridan decisively defeat Confederate troops led by George Pickett, cutting the Army of Northern Virginia's last supply line.
- April 10 » American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.
- April 14 » U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked at home by Lewis Powell.
- June 28 » The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.
- December 17 » First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert.
Day of death August 19, 1883
- The temperature on August 19, 1883 was about 19.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 38%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1883: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- January 19 » The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
- March 20 » The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.
- May 27 » Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
- August 25 » France and Viet Nam sign the Treaty of Huế, recognizing a French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin.
- November 18 » American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
- November 30 » The style of western calendar, Common Era is conveyed to Joseon (Early-Modern Korean kingdom]].
Same birth/death day
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- 1850 » Luise Adolpha Le Beau, German composer and educator († 1927)
- 1851 » Leopoldo Alas, Spanish author, critic, and academic († 1901)
- 1854 » Charles Sumner Tainter, American engineer and inventor († 1940)
- 1862 » Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, English ornithologist and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs († 1933)
- 1883 » Jeremiah S. Black, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Attorney General (b. 1810)
- 1889 » Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1838)
- 1895 » John Wesley Hardin, American Old West outlaw, gunfighter (b. 1853)
- 1900 » Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1833)
- 1914 » Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1844)
- 1915 » Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet and educator (b. 1867)
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