Family tree Van Willigen » Anneke Blomhert (1828-1913)

Day of marriage October 2, 1852

• The temperature on October 2, 1852 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: . Special wheather fenomena: storm(achtig). 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).
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1852: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
  • January 17 » The United Kingdom signs the Sand River Convention with the South African Republic.
  • February 14 » Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, is founded in London.
  • May 29 » Jenny Lind leaves New York after her two-year American tour.
  • August 20 » Steamboat Atlantic sank on Lake Erie after a collision, with the loss of at least 150 lives.
  • August 21 » Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.
  • September 19 » Annibale de Gasparis discovers the asteroid Massalia from the north dome of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte.

Day of death January 22, 1913

• The temperature on January 22, 1913 was between 0.7 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 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 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • February 9 » A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
  • February 19 » Pedro Lascuráin becomes President of Mexico for 45 minutes; this is the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country.
  • June 4 » Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of King George V's horse at The Derby. She is trampled, never regains consciousness, and dies four days later.
  • July 3 » Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
  • July 12 » Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends.
  • August 13 » First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1901 » Emil Erlenmeyer, German chemist and academic (b. 1825)
• 1901 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1819)
• 1921 » George Streeter, American captain and businessman (b. 1837)
• 1922 » Camille Jordan, French mathematician and academic (b. 1838)
• 1922 » Fredrik Bajer, Danish educator and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837)
• 1922 » Pope Benedict XV (b. 1854)