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Personal data Cornelius Janssens
- He was born on September 13, 1838 in Sint-Jansteen.
- He died on February 23, 1916 in Sint-Jansteen, he was 77 years old.
- The birth parents are Pieter Janssens and Judoca Francisca Verhagen
- This information was last updated on June 6, 2020.
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He is married to Maria d'Hert.
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- Cornelius Janssens is the 3rd great grandfather of Robert Postt:
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Historical events
Birthday September 13, 1838
- The temperature on September 13, 1838 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 1838: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- January 26 » Tennessee enacts the first prohibition law in the United States.
- June 28 » Coronation of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
- July 4 » The Iowa Territory is organized.
- September 3 » Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery.
- October 5 » The Killough massacre in east Texas sees eighteen Texian settlers either killed or kidnapped.
- November 3 » The Times of India, the world's largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper is founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce.
Day of death February 23, 1916
- The temperature on February 23, 1916 was between -2.7 °C and -0.6 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
- February 27 » Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.
- June 1 » Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
- June 10 » The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire was declared by Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca.
- August 29 » The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
- September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
- November 7 » Boston Elevated Railway Company's streetcar No. 393 smashes through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, Massachusetts, plunging into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel, killing 46 people.
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Robert Postt, "Family tree Postt", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-postt/I200.php : accessed March 2, 2026), "Cornelius Janssens (1838-1916)".