Family tree Kaper » Renske Westra (1850-1888)
Personal data Renske Westra
- She was born on June 21, 1850 in Lioessens, FR, NLD.
- (Reference Number) .
- She died on November 1, 1888 in Dokkum, FR, NLD, she was 38 years old.
- A child of Anne Westra and Minke Jeltema
Household of Renske Westra
(1) She is married to Frans van der Laan.
They got married on November 11, 1880 at Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland, she was 30 years old.
Child(ren):
- Anne Frans van der Laan 1881-????
(2) She is married to Berend de Leeuw.
They got married on July 7, 1886 at Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland, she was 36 years old.
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Historical events
Birthday June 21, 1850
- The temperature on June 21, 1850 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: helder. 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 Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1850: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
- January 29 » Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress.
- February 2 » Brigham Young declares war on Timpanogos in the Battle at Fort Utah.
- March 5 » The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened.
- June 19 » Princess Louise of the Netherlands marries Crown Prince Karl of Sweden–Norway.
- June 29 » Autocephaly officially granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Church of Greece.
- November 24 » Danish troops defeat a Schleswig-Holstein force in the town of Lottorf, Schleswig-Holstein.
Day of marriage July 7, 1886
- The temperature on July 7, 1886 was about 26.9 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 45%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1886: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- January 18 » Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
- January 29 » Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
- May 4 » Haymarket affair: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
- May 8 » Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
- June 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
- June 26 » Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
Day of death November 1, 1888
- The temperature on November 1, 1888 was about 9.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- June 29 » George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
- July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
- September 8 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
- September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
- September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
- September 30 » Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
Same birth/death day
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- 1850 » Daniel Carter Beard, American author and illustrator, co-founded the Boy Scouts of America († 1941)
- 1858 » Giuseppe De Sanctis, Italian painter († 1924)
- 1888 » Nikolay Przhevalsky, Russian geographer and explorer (b. 1838)
- 1894 » Alexander III of Russia (b. 1845)
- 1903 » Theodor Mommsen, German archaeologist, journalist, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1817)
- 1907 » Alfred Jarry, French author and playwright (b. 1873)
- 1925 » Max Linder, French actor, director, screenwriter, producer and comedian (b. 1883)
- 1938 » Charles Weeghman, American businessman (b. 1874)
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Jan Kaper, "Family tree Kaper", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-kaper/I15971.php : accessed February 15, 2026), "Renske Westra (1850-1888)".