Family tree Van Loon » Annigje "Annetje" Andeweg (1840-1915)

Christening day August 9, 1840

• The temperature on August 9, 1840 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: omtrent 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 1840: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
  • January 13 » The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
  • February 10 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
  • May 1 » The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
  • May 6 » The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
  • May 20 » York Minster is badly damaged by fire.
  • July 23 » The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union.

Day of marriage November 20, 1879

• The temperature on November 20, 1879 was about -1.5 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 22 » The Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War results in a British defeat.
  • February 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
  • March 23 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Topáter, the first battle of the war is fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru.
  • May 21 » War of the Pacific: Two Chilean ships blocking the harbor of Iquique (then belonging to Peru) battle two Peruvian vessels in the Battle of Iquique.
  • October 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
  • December 21 » World premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Day of death December 25, 1915

• The temperature on December 25, 1915 was between 5.8 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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 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 year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
  • January 24 » World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
  • January 25 » Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
  • January 28 » An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
  • May 24 » World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
  • June 21 » The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks.
  • September 12 » French soldiers rescue over 4,000 Armenian Genocide survivors stranded on Musa Dagh.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1916 » Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers (b. 1845)
• 1921 » Vladimir Korolenko, Russian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1853)
• 1925 » Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1877)
• 1926 » Emperor Taishō of Japan (b. 1879)
• 1928 » Miles Burke, American boxer (b. 1885)
• 1930 » Jakob Mändmets, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1871)