Family tree Van Melzen-Van Melsen » Sieger Jans Veenstra (± 1824-1912)

Personal data Sieger Jans Veenstra 


Household of Sieger Jans Veenstra

He is married to Hiltje Douwes Dijk(stra).

They got married on April 22, 1848 at Opsterland 24.


Child(ren):

  2. Wiebe Veenstra  ± 1861-1933
  3. Wietze Veenstra  1864-????
  4. Jan Sygers Veenstra  1849-1918
  5. Aukje Siegers Veenstra  1852-1941 
  6. Douwe Siegers Veenstra  1858-1935 


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Day of marriage April 22, 1848

  • The temperature on April 22, 1848 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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).
  • From November 21, 1848 till November 1, 1849 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Kempenaer - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. J.M. de Kempenaer (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In the year 1848: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • February 22 » The French Revolution of 1848, which would lead to the establishment of the French Second Republic, begins.
    • March 20 » German revolutions of 1848–49: King Ludwig I of Bavaria abdicates.
    • May 29 » Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state.
    • June 26 » End of the June Days Uprising in Paris.
    • July 3 » Governor-General Peter von Scholten emancipates all remaining slaves in the Danish West Indies.
    • September 13 » Vermont railroad worker Phineas Gage survives an iron rod 1⁄4 inches (3.2cm) in diameter being driven through his brain; the reported effects on his behavior and personality stimulate discussion of the nature of the brain and its functions.

Day of death February 24, 1912

  • The temperature on February 24, 1912 was between 0.9 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 8.2 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
    • April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
    • May 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
    • September 4 » Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
    • October 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
    • October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.


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