Family tree Smith » Jan Greven (1816-1875)
Personal data Jan Greven
- He was born on July 15, 1816 in Oosseld/ Doetinchem.Source 1
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- He died on March 1, 1875 in Dordrecht, he was 58 years old.
- A child of Adolf/ Alof/ Alef Greven and Elizabeth Haank
- This information was last updated on March 16, 2025.
Household of Jan Greven
(1) He is married to Hendrika Christina Kappers.
They got married on August 8, 1840 at Hummelo en Keppel, he was 24 years old.Source 4
(2) He is married to Margrita Kerkhof.
They got married on July 9, 1873 at Zutphen, he was 56 years old.Source 2
Child(ren):
- Steven Greven 1843-1869
- Maria Greven 1845-1866
- Jans Greven 1864-1866
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Historical events
Birthday July 15, 1816
- The temperature on July 15, 1816 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: half bewolkt omtrent betrokken. 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 1816: Source: Wikipedia
- June 19 » Battle of Seven Oaks between North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
- July 2 » The French frigateMéduse strikes the Bank of Arguin and 151 people on board have to be evacuated on an improvised raft, a case immortalised by Géricault's painting The Raft of the Medusa.
- July 27 » Seminole Wars: The Battle of Negro Fort ends when a hot shot cannonball fired by US Navy Gunboat No. 154 explodes the fort's Powder Magazine, killing approximately 275. It is considered the deadliest single cannon shot in US history.
- August 24 » The Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri.
- September 15 » HMSWhiting runs aground on the Doom Bar.
- December 30 » The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi Indian tribes is proclaimed.
Day of marriage July 9, 1873
- The temperature on July 9, 1873 was about 15.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
- In the year 1873: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- February 18 » Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
- March 10 » The first Azerbaijani play "The Adventures of the Vizier of the Khan of Lenkaran" prepared by Akhundov was performed by Hassan-bey Zardabi and dramatist and Najaf-bey Vezirov.
- June 5 » Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain.
- August 30 » Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.
- September 18 » The bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, contributing to the Panic of 1873.
- October 3 » Chief Kintpuash and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War of northern California.
Day of death March 1, 1875
- The temperature on March 1, 1875 was about -1.9 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 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)
- From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
- In the year 1875: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- January 5 » The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris.
- February 25 » Guangxu Emperor of Qing dynasty China begins his reign, under Empress Dowager Cixi's regency.
- March 3 » The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.
- August 25 » Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 21 hours and 45 minutes.
- September 3 » The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers.
- October 16 » Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.
Same birth/death day
- 1799 » Reuben Chapman, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Alabama († 1882)
- 1800 » Sidney Breese, American jurist and politician († 1878)
- 1808 » Henry Edward Manning, English cardinal († 1892)
- 1812 » James Hope-Scott, English lawyer and academic († 1873)
- 1817 » Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet, English engineer, designed the Forth Bridge († 1898)
- 1827 » W. W. Thayer American lawyer and politician, 6th Governor of Oregon († 1899)
- 1841 » Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1764)
- 1862 » Peter Barlow, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1776)
- 1875 » Tristan Corbière, French poet and educator (b. 1845)
- 1882 » Theodor Kullak, German pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1818)
- 1884 » Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician and academic (b. 1820)
- 1906 » José María de Pereda, Spanish author (b. 1833)
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