Family tree Van Willigen » Johannes Medartus van Zijl (1840-1907)
Personal data Johannes Medartus van Zijl
- He was born on June 8, 1840 in Hoorn.
- Profession: Horlogemaker.
- He died on February 12, 1907 in Nijmegen, he was 66 years old.
- A child of Nicolaas van Zijl and Sofia Zomerdijk
- This information was last updated on May 20, 2012.
Household of Johannes Medartus van Zijl
(1) He is married to Christina Tros.
They got married on May 5, 1865 at Hoorn, he was 24 years old.
Child(ren):
(2) He is married to Francisca Hubertina Daniels.
They got married on April 22, 1880 at Nijmegen, he was 39 years old.
In dit huwelijk samen 1 doodgeboren kind. geb. en ovrl. op 17-08-1880
Nijmegen
(3) He is married to Johanna van der Velde.
They got married on February 24, 1881 at Nijmegen, he was 40 years old.
Hebben samen 9 kinderen.
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Historical events
Birthday June 8, 1840
- The temperature on June 8, 1840 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt windstil. 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 6 » Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
- May 7 » The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest tornado in United States history.
- May 20 » York Minster is badly damaged by fire.
- June 20 » Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph.
- October 11 » The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.
Day of marriage February 24, 1881
- The temperature on February 24, 1881 was about 2.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 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 1881: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- February 27 » First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.
- April 11 » Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.
- April 28 » Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
- September 20 » U.S. President Chester A. Arthur is sworn in, the morning after becoming President upon James A. Garfield's death.
- October 13 » First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends.
- November 3 » The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile.
Day of death February 12, 1907
- The temperature on February 12, 1907 was between -2.6 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged 0.4 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
- February 5 » Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
- May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
- August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
- August 17 » Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.
- October 27 » Fifteen people are killed in Hungary when a gunman opens fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration.
- November 9 » The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.
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- 1851 » Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, French physician and physicist († 1940)
- 1852 » Guido Banti, Italian physician and pathologist († 1925)
- 1854 » Douglas Cameron, Canadian politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba († 1921)
- 1886 » Randolph Caldecott, English-American painter and illustrator (b. 1846)
- 1894 » Hans von Bülow, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1830)
- 1896 » Ambroise Thomas, French composer and academic (b. 1811)
- 1912 » Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Norwegian physician (b. 1841)
- 1915 » Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
- 1916 » Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, philosopher, and academic (b. 1831)
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