Family tree Menting » Dirk Velthuizen (1850-1903)
Personal data Dirk Velthuizen
- He was born on September 2, 1850 in Opheusden (gemeente Kesteren).
- Profession: Arbeider.
- He died on May 7, 1903 in Wageningen, he was 52 years old.
- The birth parents are Jan Velthuizen and Willemina Peters
- This information was last updated on March 20, 2018.
Household of Dirk Velthuizen
He is married to Elizabeth van Lent.
They got married on May 17, 1878 at Wageningen, he was 27 years old.Source 1
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Birthday September 2, 1850
- The temperature on September 2, 1850 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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.
- March 7 » Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech endorsing the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war.
- May 15 » The Bloody Island massacre takes place in Lake County, California, in which a large number of Pomo Indians are slaughtered by a regiment of the United States Cavalry.
- June 19 » Princess Louise of the Netherlands marries Crown Prince Karl of Sweden–Norway.
- July 10 » U.S. President Millard Fillmore is sworn in, a day after becoming president upon Zachary Taylor's death.
- September 9 » The Compromise of 1850 transfers a third of Texas's claimed territory (now parts of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Wyoming) to federal control in return for the U.S. federal government assuming $10 million of Texas's pre-annexation debt.
- November 24 » Danish troops defeat a Schleswig-Holstein force in the town of Lottorf, Schleswig-Holstein.
Day of marriage May 17, 1878
- The temperature on May 17, 1878 was about 20.9 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
- February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
- June 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
- September 1 » Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
- October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.
- November 17 » First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. Prime Minister Benedetto Cairoli blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.
Day of death May 7, 1903
- The temperature on May 7, 1903 was between 4.6 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (14%). 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.
- January 9 » Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
- January 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
- July 4 » The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
- August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
- October 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
- October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
Same birth/death day
- 1850 » Albert Spalding, American baseball player, manager, and businessman, co-founded the Spalding Sporting Goods Company († 1915)
- 1850 » Eugene Field, American author and poet († 1895)
- 1850 » Woldemar Voigt, German physicist and academic († 1919)
- 1852 » Paul Bourget, French author and critic († 1935)
- 1853 » Wilhelm Ostwald, Latvian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1932)
- 1854 » Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist († 1910)
- 1887 » C. F. W. Walther, German-American religious leader and theologian (b. 1811)
- 1896 » H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (b. 1861)
- 1902 » Agostino Roscelli, Italian priest and saint (b. 1818)
- 1917 » Albert Ball, English fighter pilot (b. 1896)
- 1922 » Max Wagenknecht, German pianist and composer (b. 1857)
- 1924 » Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist (b. 1897/1898)
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