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Personal data Christina Merks 


Household of Christina Merks

She is married to Hendrikus van Herwijnen.

They got married on May 10, 1873 at Driel, she was 18 years old.


Child(ren):

  16. Magritha van Herwijnen  1896-1975 

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Birthday October 21, 1854

  • The temperature on October 21, 1854 was about 6.7 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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).
  • 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 4 » The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang.
    • February 24 » A Penny Red with perforations was the first perforated postage stamp to be officially issued for distribution.
    • March 20 » The Republican Party of the United States is organized in Ripon, Wisconsin, US.
    • March 24 » President José Gregorio Monagas abolishes slavery in Venezuela.
    • March 28 » Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.
    • September 20 » Crimean War: British and French troops defeat Russians at the Battle of Alma.

Day of marriage May 10, 1873

  • The temperature on May 10, 1873 was about 16.0 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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.
    • February 18 » Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
    • 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.
    • July 1 » Prince Edward Island joins into Canadian Confederation.
    • August 2 » The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system.
    • September 18 » The bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, contributing to the Panic of 1873.

Day of death December 7, 1933

  • The temperature on December 7, 1933 was between -4.1 and 3.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1933: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
    • March 31 » The Civilian Conservation Corps is established with the mission of relieving rampant unemployment in the United States.
    • April 4 » U.S. Navy airship USSAkron is wrecked off the New Jersey coast due to severe weather.
    • April 5 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs two executive orders: 6101 to establish the Civilian Conservation Corps, and 6102 "forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates" by U.S. citizens.
    • April 26 » The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, is established.
    • July 8 » The first rugby union test match between the Wallabies of Australia and the Springboks of South Africa is played at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town.
    • October 17 » Albert Einstein flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States.


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