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Personal data Ruurd Karsten 


Household of Ruurd Karsten

He is married to Geesje Huygens.

They got married on April 23, 1881 at Gemeente Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 26 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Dirk Karsten  1882-1945 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Ruurd Karsten

Hendrik Carsten
1786-1854
Aafke
1786-1860
Durk Karsten
1829-1855

Ruurd Karsten
1854-1885

1881

Geesje Huygens
????-1917

Dirk Karsten
1882-1945
Piet Herman Rudolph Karsten
1884-1957

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    Historical events

    Birthday September 28, 1854

    • The temperature on September 28, 1854 was about 11.6 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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).
    • From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
    • In the year 1854: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
      • January 21 » The RMS Tayleur sinks off Lambay Island on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Australia with great loss of life.
      • February 17 » The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the Orange Free State.
      • February 24 » A Penny Red with perforations was the first perforated postage stamp to be officially issued for distribution.
      • March 31 » Commodore Matthew Perry signs the Convention of Kanagawa with the Tokugawa Shogunate, opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade.
      • August 19 » The First Sioux War begins when United States Army soldiers kill Lakota chief Conquering Bear and in return are massacred.
      • October 21 » Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses are sent to the Crimean War.

    Day of marriage April 23, 1881

    • The temperature on April 23, 1881 was about 4.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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 year 1881: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • January 25 » Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
      • February 24 » China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
      • February 27 » First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.
      • April 14 » The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
      • July 2 » Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James A. Garfield (who will die of complications from his wounds on September 19).
      • September 19 » U.S. President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting. Vice President Chester A. Arthur becomes President upon Garfield's death.

    Day of death May 24, 1885

    • The temperature on May 24, 1885 was about 11.7 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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 1885: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • March 14 » The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.
      • April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
      • July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
      • July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.
      • September 2 » Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
      • November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.
    

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