Family tree Van Knippenberg » Herman Henry Korsmeyer (1831-1918)

Personal data Herman Henry Korsmeyer 

  • He was born on September 29, 1831 in Hanover, Niedersachsen, Germany.
  • He died on April 24, 1918 in Arenzville Precinct, Cass, Illinois, Verenigde Staten, he was 86 years old.

Household of Herman Henry Korsmeyer

He is married to Anna Marie Elisabeth Knippenberg.

They got married on July 22, 1856 at Standort, Cass County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten, he was 24 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday September 29, 1831

  • The temperature on September 29, 1831 was about 21.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder nevel. 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 1831: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • April 7 » Emperor Pedro I of Brazil resigns. He goes to his native Portugal to become King Pedro IV.
    • July 13 » Regulamentul Organic, a quasi-constitutional organic law is adopted in Wallachia, one of the two Danubian Principalities that were to become the basis of Romania.
    • July 21 » Inauguration of Leopold I of Belgium, first king of the Belgians.
    • August 29 » Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction.
    • October 29 » Riots in the city of Bristol as part of the 1831 reform riots against the second reform Bill of the Reform Act 1832 begin.
    • November 5 » Nat Turner, American slave leader, is tried, convicted, and sentenced to death in Virginia.

Day of death April 24, 1918

  • The temperature on April 24, 1918 was between 7.5 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
    • March 30 » Outburst of bloody March Events in Baku and other locations of Baku Governorate.
    • May 29 » Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarabad.
    • July 12 » The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.
    • August 29 » World War I: Bapaume taken by the New Zealand Division in the Hundred Days Offensive.
    • October 28 » First World War: A new Polish government in western Galicia is established, triggering the Polish–Ukrainian War.
    • December 27 » The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.


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