Family tree Van Willigen » Pieter Koster (1814-1905)
Personal data Pieter Koster
- He was born on September 12, 1814 in Noord-Waddinxveen.Source 1
- He died on December 5, 1905 in Waddinxveen, he was 91 years old.Source 2
- A child of Jan Koster and Klaasje in 't Hout
- This information was last updated on May 20, 2012.
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Birthday September 12, 1814
- The temperature on September 12, 1814 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: winderig 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 1814: Source: Wikipedia
- January 31 » Gervasio Antonio de Posadas becomes Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (present-day Argentina).
- February 17 » War of the Sixth Coalition: The Battle of Mormant.
- March 10 » Emperor Napoleon I is defeated at the Battle of Laon in France.
- October 2 » Chilean War of Independence: Royalist troops defeat Chilean forces of Bernardo O'Higgins and José Miguel Carrera.
- December 14 » War of 1812: The Royal Navy seizes control of Lake Borgne, Louisiana.
- December 25 » Rev. Samuel Marsden holds the first Christian service on land in New Zealand at Rangihoua Bay.
Day of death December 5, 1905
- The temperature on December 5, 1905 was between -1.2 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged 0.3 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
- 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 1905: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
- May 5 » The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
- May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
- September 11 » The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.
- October 5 » The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
- November 18 » Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.
- November 25 » Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.
Same birth/death day
- 1812 » Edward Shepherd Creasy, English historian and jurist († 1878)
- 1812 » Richard March Hoe, American engineer and businessman, invented the Rotary printing press († 1886)
- 1818 » Richard Jordan Gatling, American inventor, invented the Gatling gun († 1903)
- 1818 » Theodor Kullak, German pianist, composer, and educator († 1882)
- 1828 » William Morgan, English-Australian politician, 14th Premier of South Australia († 1883)
- 1829 » Anselm Feuerbach, German painter († 1880)
- 1887 » Eliza R. Snow, American poet and songwriter (b. 1804)
- 1891 » Pedro II of Brazil (b. 1825)
- 1917 » Jean Sandberg(b.1952)
- 1918 » Schalk Willem Burger, South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of the South African Republic (b. 1852)
- 1925 » Władysław Reymont, Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
- 1926 » Claude Monet, French painter (b. 1840)
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