Family tree Kronenberg (Olst en Wijhe e.o.) » Berend Jan Balster (1820-1903)
Personal data Berend Jan Balster
- He was born on August 13, 1820 in Wijhe.
- Profession: arbeider, daghuurder, spekslager.Source 1
- He died on January 23, 1903 in Wijhe, he was 82 years old.
- Death registration on January 24, 1903.Source 2
- The birth parents are Hendrik Jan Balster and Maria Berends Steinvoort
- This information was last updated on March 1, 2012.
Household of Berend Jan Balster
(1) He is married to Geesje(n) Kornelis.
They got married.
Child(ren):
- Gerrit Jan Balster 1851-1871
(2) He is married to Jacoba Huisman.
They got married on September 16, 1865 at Wijhe, he was 45 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
- Johannes Balster 1868-1871
- Berend Jan Balster 1875-1877
- Berend Jan Jacobus Balster 1877-1887
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Historical events
Birthday August 13, 1820
- The temperature on August 13, 1820 was about 21.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: omtrent 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 year 1820: Source: Wikipedia
- February 4 » The Chilean Navy under the command of Lord Cochrane completes the two-day long Capture of Valdivia with just 300 men and two ships.
- March 3 » The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise.
- April 8 » The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Milos.
- May 1 » Execution of the Cato Street Conspirators, who plotted to kill the British Cabinet and Prime Minister Lord Liverpool.
- November 17 » Captain Nathaniel Palmer becomes the first American to see Antarctica. (The Palmer Peninsula is later named after him.)
- November 20 » An 80-ton sperm whale attacks and sinks the Essex (a whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts) 2,000 miles from the western coast of South America. (Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick is in part inspired by this story.)
Day of marriage September 16, 1865
- The temperature on September 16, 1865 was about 15.9 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. 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.
- March 4 » The third and final national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted by the Confederate Congress.
- April 4 » American Civil War: A day after Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visits the Confederate capital.
- May 10 » American Civil War: In Kentucky, Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill, who lingers until his death on June 6.
- June 23 » American Civil War: At Fort Towson in the Oklahoma Territory, Confederate Brigadier General Stand Watie surrenders the last significant Confederate army.
- November 18 » Mark Twain's short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is published in the New York Saturday Press.
- December 5 » Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.
Day of death January 23, 1903
- The temperature on January 23, 1903 was between -1.2 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (33%). Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
- July 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
- July 20 » The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
- October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
- October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
- November 17 » The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
- December 16 » Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.
Same birth/death day
- 1814 » Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist and astronomer († 1874)
- 1818 » Lucy Stone, American abolitionist and suffragist († 1893)
- 1819 » Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Anglo-Irish mathematician and physicist († 1903)
- 1820 » George Grove, English musicologist and historian († 1900)
- 1823 » Goldwin Smith, English-Canadian historian and journalist († 1910)
- 1831 » Salomon Jadassohn, German pianist and composer († 1902)
- 1883 » Gustave Doré, French engraver and illustrator (b. 1832)
- 1893 » José Zorrilla, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1817)
- 1893 » Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II, American lawyer and politician, 16th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1825)
- 1921 » Mykola Leontovych, Ukrainian composer and conductor (b. 1877)
- 1922 » Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor and academic (b. 1855)
- 1922 » René Beeh, Alsatian painter and draughtsman (b. 1886)
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