Family tree Van Wely » Dirk Bruyn (1841-????)
Personal data Dirk Bruyn
- He was born on January 5, 1841 in Vlieland, Friesland, Nederland.
- A child of Nutte Bruyn and Derkjen Visser
Household of Dirk Bruyn
He is married to Geertje Sieben.
Tresoar, Frysk Histoarysk en Letterkundich Sintrum
They got married on September 9, 1869 at Vlieland, Friesland, Nederland, he was 28 years old.
Child(ren):
- Duwertje Bruin 1871-????
- Martje Bruin 1872-????
- Meisje Bruin 1874-????
- Dirk Bruin 1875-????
Notes about Dirk Bruyn
Tresoar, Frysk Histoarysk en Letterkundich Sintrum
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Birthday January 5, 1841
- The temperature on January 5, 1841 was about -2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken mistig. 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 1841: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
- March 9 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules in the United States v. The Amistad case that captive Africans who had seized control of the ship carrying them had been taken into slavery illegally.
- March 30 » The National Bank of Greece is founded in Athens.
- April 4 » William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia, becoming the first President of the United States to die in office, and setting the record for the briefest administration. Vice President John Tyler succeeds Harrison as President.
- April 6 » U.S. President John Tyler is sworn in, two days after having become President upon William Henry Harrison's death.
- September 24 » The Sultanate of Brunei cedes Sarawak to the United Kingdom.
- October 16 » Queen's University is founded in the Province of Canada.
Day of marriage September 9, 1869
- The temperature on September 9, 1869 was about 24.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
- In the year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- July 10 » Gävle, Sweden, is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless.
- July 25 » The Japanese daimyōs begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869).
- August 16 » Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War.
- September 24 » Gold prices plummet after President Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.
- October 16 » The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".
- November 6 » In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.
Same birth/death day
- 1834 » William John Wills, English surgeon and explorer († 1861)
- 1838 » Camille Jordan, French mathematician and academic († 1922)
- 1846 » Mariam Baouardy, Syrian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized († 1878)
- 1846 » Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1926)
- 1855 » King Camp Gillette, American businessman, founded the Gillette Company († 1932)
- 1864 » Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and manager († 1911)
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