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Personal data Pieter van Zeldert 


Household of Pieter van Zeldert

He is married to Hendrika Kraan.

They got married on November 15, 1894 at Hoogland, Utrecht, Nederland, he was 47 years old.


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Historical events

Birthday January 14, 1847

  • The temperature on January 14, 1847 was about -2 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: helder. 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 1847: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • January 6 » Samuel Colt obtains his first contract for the sale of revolver pistols to the United States government.
    • January 30 » Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco, California.
    • July 24 » Richard March Hoe, American inventor, patented the rotary-type printing press.
    • July 26 » Liberia declares its independence.
    • October 12 » Werner von Siemens founds Siemens & Halske, which later becomes Siemens AG.
    • December 5 » Jefferson Davis is elected to the U.S. Senate.

Day of death January 3, 1909

  • The temperature on January 3, 1909 was between 1.3 °C and 3.3 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
    • January 9 » Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180km; 112mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
    • January 23 » RMSRepublic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
    • February 15 » The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
    • February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
    • May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
    • December 4 » The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.


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About the surname Van Zeldert


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