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Personal data Jan Centen 


Household of Jan Centen

He is married to Catharina Bruijst.

They got married on January 25, 1814 at Beuningen, he was 25 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Johanna Centen  1815-1896
  2. Theodora Centen  1818-1905 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Centen

Jan Centen
1788-1873

1814

Catharina Bruijst
± 1784-1837

Johanna Centen
1815-1896
Theodora Centen
1818-1905

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Birthday October 7, 1788

  • The temperature on October 7, 1788 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1788: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 1 » First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published.
    • January 26 » The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, sails into Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) to establish Sydney, the first permanent European settlement on Australia. Commemorated as Australia Day.
    • March 6 » The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
    • March 21 » A fire in New Orleans leaves most of the town in ruins.
    • May 23 » South Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution as the eighth American state.
    • September 13 » The Philadelphia Convention sets the date for the first presidential election in the United States, and New York City becomes the country's temporary capital.

Day of marriage January 25, 1814

  • The temperature on January 25, 1814 was about -3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw. 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 1814: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 27 » War of 1812: In central Alabama, U.S. forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
    • May 17 » Occupation of Monaco changes from French to Austrian.
    • August 25 » War of 1812: On the second day of the Burning of Washington, British troops torch the Library of Congress, United States Treasury, Department of War, and other public buildings.
    • October 1 » Opening of the Congress of Vienna, intended to redraw Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoleon the previous spring.
    • December 24 » Representatives of the United Kingdom and the United States sign the Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812.
    • December 25 » Rev. Samuel Marsden holds the first Christian service on land in New Zealand at Rangihoua Bay.

Day of death November 16, 1873

  • The temperature on November 16, 1873 was about 8.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
  • In the year 1873: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 11 » King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates.
    • March 1 » E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.
    • March 10 » The first Azerbaijani play "The Adventures of the Vizier of the Khan of Lenkaran" prepared by Akhundov was performed by Hassan-bey Zardabi and dramatist and Najaf-bey Vezirov.
    • April 1 » The White Star steamer RMSAtlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547 in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century.
    • May 9 » Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
    • August 4 » American Indian Wars: While protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Cheyenne and Lakota people near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed.


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