Family tree diverse families » Marten Bergstra (1853-1940)
Personal data Marten Bergstra
- He was born on April 11, 1853.
- He died on January 17, 1940, he was 86 years old.
- A child of Arend Jans Bergstra and Ruurdtje Hotzes Hiemstra
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Birthday April 11, 1853
- The temperature on April 11, 1853 was about 7.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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.
- 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 1853: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
- January 19 » Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore receives its premiere performance in Rome.
- February 22 » Washington University in St. Louis is founded as Eliot Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri.
- March 19 » The Taiping reform movement occupies and makes Nanjing its capital until 1864.
- July 2 » The Russian Army crosses the Pruth river into the Danubian Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia—providing the spark that will set off the Crimean War.
- October 4 » The Crimean War begins when the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Russian Empire.
- December 30 » Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.
Day of death January 17, 1940
- The temperature on January 17, 1940 was between -12.1 °C and -6.4 °C and averaged -9.3 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
- February 7 » The second full-length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.
- March 18 » World War II: Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at the Brenner Pass in the Alps and agree to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom.
- May 28 » World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik in Norway. This is the first allied infantry victory of the War.
- June 28 » Romania cedes Bessarabia (current-day Moldova) to the Soviet Union after facing an ultimatum.
- August 8 » The "Aufbau Ost" directive is signed by Wilhelm Keitel.
- August 18 » World War II: The Hardest Day air battle, part of the Battle of Britain. At that point, the largest aerial engagement in history with heavy losses sustained on both sides.
Same birth/death day
- 1854 » Hugh Massie, Australian cricketer († 1938)
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- 1859 » Stefanos Thomopoulos, Greek historian and author († 1939)
- 1862 » Charles Evans Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 44th United States Secretary of State († 1948)
- 1862 » William Wallace Campbell, American astronomer and academic († 1938)
- 1864 » Johanna Elberskirchen, German author and activist († 1943)
- 1932 » Ahmet Derviş, Turkish general (b. 1881)
- 1933 » Louis Comfort Tiffany, American stained glass artist (b. 1848)
- 1936 » Mateiu Caragiale, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1885)
- 1942 » Walther von Reichenau, German field marshal (b. 1884)
- 1947 » Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, Canadian cardinal (b. 1883)
- 1947 » Pyotr Krasnov, Russian historian and general (b. 1869)
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