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Personal data Franciscus Meeus 

  • He was born on August 14, 1824 in Halsteren, N-Br, NL.
  • Profession: from 1857 till 1901 Arbeider.
  • Resident:
    • from 1824 till 1834: Op den Dorp Halsteren.
    • in the year 1857: A 17, Lepelstraat.
    • in the year 1859: B 56, Halsteren.
    • in the year 1860: B 67, Halsteren.
    • from 1862 till 1865: B 73, Halsteren.
    • in the year 1878: Bergen op Zoom.
    • from 1887 till 1901: Wouw.
  • He died on August 16, 1912 in Wouw, N-Br, NL, he was 88 years old.
  • A child of Johannes Franciscus Meeus and Anna Maria Rieberg
  • This information was last updated on August 19, 2021.

Household of Franciscus Meeus

(1) He is married to Adriana Wilhelmina van der Sanden.

They got married on May 27, 1857 at Halsteren, he was 32 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Jan Frans Meeus  1859-1878


(2) He is married to Anna Maria Eijsermans.

They got married on December 6, 1865 at Bergen op Zoom, he was 41 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Gerardus Maria Meeus  1868-1959 

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    Birthday August 14, 1824

    • The temperature on August 14, 1824 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: half bewolkt regen. 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 1824: Source: Wikipedia
      • March 5 » First Anglo-Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma.
      • March 17 » The Anglo-Dutch Treaty is signed in London, dividing the Malay archipelago. As a result, the Malay Peninsula is dominated by the British, while Sumatra and Java and surrounding areas are dominated by the Dutch.
      • May 10 » The National Gallery in London opens to the public.
      • August 5 » Greek War of Independence: Constantine Kanaris leads a Greek fleet to victory against Ottoman and Egyptian naval forces in the Battle of Samos.
      • August 15 » The Marquis de Lafayette, the last surviving French general of the American Revolutionary War, arrives in New York and begins a tour of 24 states.
      • October 4 » Mexico adopts a new constitution and becomes a federal republic.

    Day of marriage December 6, 1865

    • The temperature on December 6, 1865 was about 3.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 16 » American Civil War: The Battle of Averasborough began as Confederate forces suffer irreplaceable casualties in the final months of the war.
      • April 14 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth; Lincoln died the next day.
      • May 1 » The Empire of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance.
      • May 9 » American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest surrenders his forces at Gainesville, Alabama.
      • May 13 » American Civil War: Battle of Palmito Ranch: In far south Texas, the last land battle of the Civil War ends with a Confederate victory.
      • June 11 » The Naval Battle of the Riachuelo is fought on the rivulet Riachuelo (Argentina), between the Paraguayan Navy on one side and the Brazilian Navy on the other. The Brazilian victory was crucial for the later success of the Triple Alliance (Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina) in the Paraguayan War.

    Day of death August 16, 1912

    • The temperature on August 16, 1912 was between 13.1 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
      • April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
      • May 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
      • September 25 » Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
      • October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
      • October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
      • November 7 » The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.

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