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Personal data Willem Christiaans 


Household of Willem Christiaans

He is married to Engeltien Elzen.

They got married on May 6, 1893 at Onstwedde, he was 45 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Jennechien Christiaans  1894-1970 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Christiaans

Jakob Leusing
1785-1863
Wolke Berends Wegman
1780-1851

Willem Christiaans
1847-1912

1893

Engeltien Elzen
1856-1905

Jennechien Christiaans
1894-1970

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Birthday December 21, 1847

  • The temperature on December 21, 1847 was about -5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. 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 year 1847: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • February 22 » Mexican–American War: The Battle of Buena Vista: Five thousand American troops defeat 15,000 Mexican troops.
    • April 18 » American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico.
    • September 12 » Mexican–American War: the Battle of Chapultepec begins.
    • October 9 » Slavery in the British and French Caribbean: Slavery is abolished in Saint Barthélemy.
    • October 16 » The novel Jane Eyre is published in London.
    • November 10 » The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked in thick fog off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 92 of the 110 on board. The disaster results in the construction of the Fastnet Rock lighthouse.

Day of marriage May 6, 1893

  • The temperature on May 6, 1893 was about 12.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 42%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • March 1 » Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
    • April 1 » The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established.
    • June 22 » The Royal Navy battleship HMSCamperdown accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMSVictoria which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.
    • August 27 » The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.
    • November 28 » Women's suffrage in New Zealand concludes with the 1893 New Zealand general election.
    • December 4 » First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers is ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors on the Shangani River in Matabeleland.

Day of death December 26, 1912

  • The temperature on December 26, 1912 was between 3.2 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 10.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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.
    • January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
    • February 14 » Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
    • April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
    • April 15 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.
    • November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
    • December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.


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