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Personal data Metje van Horssen 


Household of Metje van Horssen

She is married to Leendert Sterrenberg.

They got married on February 27, 1822 at Haaften, she was 28 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday November 12, 1793

  • The temperature on November 12, 1793 was about 6.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1793: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 23 » Battle of Famars during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
    • June 10 » The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris. A year later, it becomes the first public zoo.
    • August 8 » The insurrection of Lyon occurs during the French Revolution.
    • September 17 » War of the Pyrenees: France defeats a Spanish force at the Battle of Peyrestortes.
    • September 18 » The first cornerstone of the United States Capitol is laid by George Washington.
    • October 12 » The cornerstone of Old East, the oldest state university building in the United States, is laid at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Day of marriage February 27, 1822

  • The temperature on February 27, 1822 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 year 1822: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 30 » The Florida Territory is created in the United States.
    • May 16 » Greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli.
    • July 8 » Chippewas turn over a huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom.
    • September 27 » Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta Stone.
    • October 12 » Pedro I of Brazil is proclaimed the emperor.
    • October 25 » Greek War of Independence: The First Siege of Missolonghi begins.

Day of death January 20, 1867

  • The temperature on January 20, 1867 was about -2.7 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • May 3 » The Hudson's Bay Company gives up all claims to Vancouver Island.
    • May 15 » Canadian Bank of Commerce opens for business in Toronto, Ontario. The bank would later merge with Imperial Bank of Canada to become what is CIBC in 1961.
    • June 19 » Maximilian I of the Second Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro.
    • July 17 » Harvard School of Dental Medicine is established in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the first dental school in the U.S. that is affiliated with a university.
    • October 18 » United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.
    • December 13 » A Fenian bomb explodes in Clerkenwell, London, killing six.


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