Family tree Saaij » August Martinus van Leuven (1853-1906)

Personal data August Martinus van Leuven 

  • He was born on May 9, 1853 in Hoofdplaat, Zeeland, Nederland.
    getuigen: Adriaan Merrelaar en Jannis Boes
    Datum: Bron:
    Documenttype: BS Geboorte
    Erfgoedinstelling: Zeeuws Archief
    Plaats instelling: Middelburg
    Collectiegebied: Zeeland
    Archief: 25
    Registratienummer: HOO-G-1853
    Aktenummer: 27
    Registratiedatum: 10-05-1853
    Akteplaats: Hoofdplaat
    Collectie: Burgerlijke Stand Zeeland (1796) 1811-1980, (1796) 1811-1980
    Boek: Hoofdplaat geboorteakten burgerlijke stand
  • Profession: gemeente veldwachter.
  • He died on July 13, 1906 in Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland, he was 53 years old.
    getuigen: Pieter Raamsdonk en Jacob van Grol
    Datum: Bron:
    Documenttype: BS Overlijden
    Erfgoedinstelling: Zeeuws Archief
    Plaats instelling: Middelburg
    Collectiegebied: Zeeland
    Archief: 25
    Registratienummer: VLI-O-1906
    Aktenummer: 183
    Registratiedatum: 1906
    Akteplaats: Vlissingen
    Collectie: Vlissingen overlijdenakten burgerlijke stand
  • This information was last updated on December 14, 2020.

Household of August Martinus van Leuven

He is married to Anna Johanna Saaij.

They got married on February 6, 1878 at Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland, he was 24 years old.

getuigen: Jannis Boes, Johan Andries Mabilot, Gerrit Franciscus Bollo en Francicus Hubertus van der Venne
Datum: Bron:
Documenttype: BS Huwelijk
Erfgoedinstelling: Zeeuws Archief
Plaats instelling: Middelburg
Collectiegebied: Zeeland
Archief: 25
Registratienummer: VLI-H-1878
Aktenummer: 8
Registratiedatum: 06-02-1878
Akteplaats: Vlissingen
Collectie: Burgerlijke Stand Zeeland (1796) 1811-1980, (1796) 1811-1980
Boek: Vlissingen huwelijksakten burgerlijke stand

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Birthday May 9, 1853

  • The temperature on May 9, 1853 was about 7.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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).
  • 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 4 » After having been kidnapped and sold into slavery in the American South, Solomon Northup regains his freedom; his memoir Twelve Years a Slave later becomes a national bestseller.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • July 25 » Joaquin Murrieta, the famous Californio bandit known as the "Robin Hood of El Dorado", is killed.
    • December 31 » A dinner party is held inside a life-size model of an iguanodon created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in south London, England.

Day of marriage February 6, 1878

  • The temperature on February 6, 1878 was about 3.6 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 4 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule and designated the capital of Liberated Bulgaria.
    • January 16 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Battle of Philippopolis: Captain Aleksandr Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule.
    • January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
    • June 15 » Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
    • October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
    • December 31 » Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.

Day of death July 13, 1906

  • The temperature on July 13, 1906 was between 9.4 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • February 18 » Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
    • May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
    • September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
    • September 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.
    • November 24 » A 13–6 victory by the Massillon Tigers over their rivals, the Canton Bulldogs, for the "Ohio League" Championship, leads to accusations that the championship series was fixed and results in the first major scandal in professional American football.
    • December 30 » The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).


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