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Household of Willem Posthumus

He is married to Janke de Boer.

They got married on October 9, 1885 at Marum, he was 34 years old.Source 1

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Posthumus

Willem Hendriks TOP
1770-1827
Anje Jans Dijkstra
1785-1840

Willem Posthumus
1850-1932

1885

Janke de Boer
1866-????


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    Historical events

    Birthday October 31, 1850

    • The temperature on October 31, 1850 was about 9.0 °C. There was 748 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: . 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.
    • In the year 1850: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
      • March 5 » The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened.
      • June 19 » Princess Louise of the Netherlands marries Crown Prince Karl of Sweden–Norway.
      • July 9 » U.S. President Zachary Taylor dies after eating raw fruit and iced milk; he is succeeded in office by Vice President Millard Fillmore.
      • September 29 » The papal bull Universalis Ecclesiae restores the Roman Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales.
      • November 24 » Danish troops defeat a Schleswig-Holstein force in the town of Lottorf, Schleswig-Holstein.
      • November 29 » The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, is signed in Olomouc. Prussia capitulates to Austria, which will take over the leadership of the German Confederation.

    Day of marriage October 9, 1885

    • The temperature on October 9, 1885 was about 8.4 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • January 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
      • March 14 » The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.
      • March 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
      • April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
      • July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
      • July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.

    Day of death February 4, 1932

    • The temperature on February 4, 1932 was between 6.3 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
      • July 20 » In the Preußenschlag, German President Hindenburg places Prussia directly under the rule of the national government.
      • August 2 » The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson.
      • September 10 » The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened.
      • October 15 » Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight.
      • December 10 » Thailand becomes a constitutional monarchy.
      • December 25 » A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills 275 people.
    

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