Family tree Van Dijk » Kornelis van der Werf (1810-1889)
Personal data Kornelis van der Werf
- He was born on December 29, 1810 in Mastenbroek, Overijssel, Nederland.
- He died on January 26, 1889 in Hasselt, Overijssel, Nederland, he was 78 years old.
- A child of Willem Alberts van der Werf and Machteldje Cornelis van Dijk
- This information was last updated on March 10, 2010.
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Birthday December 29, 1810
- The temperature on December 29, 1810 was about 3.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw. 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 1810: Source: Wikipedia
- February 5 » Peninsular War: Siege of Cádiz begins.
- April 19 » Venezuela achieves home rule: Vicente Emparán, Governor of the Captaincy General is removed by the people of Caracas and a junta is installed.
- June 7 » The newspaper Gazeta de Buenos Ayres is first published in Argentina.
- June 23 » John Jacob Astor forms the Pacific Fur Company.
- August 27 » Napoleonic Wars: The French Navy defeats the British Royal Navy, preventing them from taking the harbour of Grand Port on Île de France.
- October 27 » United States annexes the former Spanish colony of West Florida.
Day of death January 26, 1889
- The temperature on January 26, 1889 was about 6.7 °C. The air pressure was 34 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 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 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- April 22 » At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
- June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
- September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
- October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
- November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
- November 14 » Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.
Same birth/death day
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- 1808 » Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States († 1875)
- 1809 » William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1898)
- 1816 » Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist († 1895)
- 1844 » Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee, Indian barrister and was the first president of Indian National Congress. († 1906)
- 1885 » Charles George Gordon, English general and politician (b. 1833)
- 1885 » Edward Davy, English-Australian physician and engineer (b. 1806)
- 1886 » David Rice Atchison, American general and politician (b. 1807)
- 1887 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, One of the first female Indian physicians (b. 1865)
- 1891 » Nicolaus Otto, German engineer, invented the Internal combustion engine (b. 1833)
- 1893 » Abner Doubleday, American general (b. 1819)
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