Family tree Van Soom » Petrus Joossens (1827-1896)
Personal data Petrus Joossens
- He was born on August 13, 1827 in 's Gravenwezel.
- He died on November 27, 1896 in Schilde, he was 69 years old.
- A child of Petrus Joossens and Anna Elisabeth Verschueren
- This information was last updated on August 10, 2008.
Household of Petrus Joossens
(1) He is married to Maria Theresia Wouters.
They got married on April 7, 1869 at Schilde, he was 41 years old.
(2) He is married to Maria Catharina De Bruyn.
They got married on August 5, 1874 at Schilde, he was 46 years old.
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Historical events
Birthday August 13, 1827
- The temperature on August 13, 1827 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt bui. 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 1827: Source: Wikipedia
- February 28 » The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.
- April 7 » John Walker, an English chemist, sells the first friction match that he had invented the previous year.
- July 4 » Slavery is abolished in the State of New York.
- October 1 » Russo-Persian War: The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination of Armenia.
- October 17 » Bellini's third opera, Il pirata, is premiered at Milan.
- October 20 » In the Battle of Navarino, a combined Turkish and Egyptian fleet is defeated by British, French and Russian naval forces in the last significant battle fought with wooden sailing ships.
Day of marriage August 5, 1874
- The temperature on August 5, 1874 was about 13.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
- From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
- In the year 1874: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- February 28 » One of the longest cases ever heard in an English court ends when the defendant is convicted of perjury for attempting to assume the identity of the heir to the Tichborne baronetcy.
- May 27 » The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.
- July 8 » The Mounties begin their March West.
- August 5 » Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
- November 7 » A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.
- December 29 » The military coup of Gen. Martinez Campos in Sagunto ends the failed First Spanish Republic and the monarchy is restored as Prince Alfonso is proclaimed King of Spain.
Day of death November 27, 1896
- The temperature on November 27, 1896 was about -5.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 18 » An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
- March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
- April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
- May 18 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
- June 4 » Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
- December 30 » Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.
Same birth/death day
- 1814 » Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist and astronomer († 1874)
- 1818 » Lucy Stone, American abolitionist and suffragist († 1893)
- 1819 » Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Anglo-Irish mathematician and physicist († 1903)
- 1820 » George Grove, English musicologist and historian († 1900)
- 1823 » Goldwin Smith, English-Canadian historian and journalist († 1910)
- 1831 » Salomon Jadassohn, German pianist and composer († 1902)
- 1881 » Theobald Boehm, German flute player and composer (b. 1794)
- 1884 » Fanny Elssler, Austrian ballerina (b. 1810)
- 1895 » Alexandre Dumas, fils, French novelist and playwright (b. 1824)
- 1899 » Constant Fornerod, Swiss academic and politician, 10th President of the Swiss Council of States (b. 1819)
- 1901 » Clement Studebaker, American businessman, co-founded Studebaker (b. 1831)
- 1908 » Jean Albert Gaudry, French geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1827)
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