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Personal data Willem Feikes van der Meer 


Household of Willem Feikes van der Meer

(1) He is married to Taekje Tjitzes Hesselius.

They got married on July 20, 1817 at Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands, he was 27 years old.

acte = 1817, Menaldumadeel, 27 (27 & 26 jaar

(2) He is married to Jetske Klazes Veltman.

They got married on October 14, 1840 at Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands, he was 50 years old.

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Birthday December 6, 1789

  • The temperature on December 6, 1789 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken mist. 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 1789: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 30 » On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.
    • June 20 » Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
    • July 9 » In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.
    • July 14 » French Revolution: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille.
    • August 26 » The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.
    • December 11 » The University of North Carolina is chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly.

Day of death October 20, 1852

  • The temperature on October 20, 1852 was about 13.5 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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 1852: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 17 » The United Kingdom signs the Sand River Convention with the South African Republic.
    • February 5 » The New Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, one of the largest and oldest museums in the world, opens to the public.
    • March 1 » Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton, is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
    • May 29 » Jenny Lind leaves New York after her two-year American tour.
    • September 11 » Outbreak of Revolution of September 11 resulting in the State of Buenos Aires declaring independence as a Republic.
    • November 4 » Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, becomes the prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy.


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