Family tree Weening » Hendrik Veenstra (1857-1915)
Personal data Hendrik Veenstra
- He was born on March 1, 1857 in Grootegast (Gr).Source 1
- Profession: landbouwer.
- He died on March 2, 1915 in Sebaldeburen, gem. Grootegast (Gr), he was 58 years old.Source 2
- A child of Siese Volkerts Veenstra and Jacobje Stokroos
- This information was last updated on June 14, 2023.
Household of Hendrik Veenstra
He is married to Sapke de Vries.
They got married on April 7, 1883 at Grootegast (Gr), he was 26 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
- Siese Veenstra 1888-1966
- Sjoerd Veenstra 1890-1893
- Sjoerdje Veenstra 1895-1944
- Folkert Veenstra 1898-1898
- Antje Veenstra 1898-1970
- Janke Veenstra 1901-1988
- Folkert Veenstra 1903-1982
- Wilhelmina Veenstra 1906-1994
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Historical events
Birthday March 1, 1857
- The temperature on March 1, 1857 was about 5.9 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
- In the year 1857: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
- March 23 » Elisha Otis's first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway New York City.
- May 6 » The East India Company disbands the 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry whose sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolted against the British in the lead up to the War of Indian Independence.
- May 26 » Dred Scott is emancipated by the Blow family, his original owners.
- June 1 » Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal is published.
- September 11 » The Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah.
- September 22 » The Russian warship Lefort capsizes and sinks during a storm in the Gulf of Finland, killing all 826 aboard.
Day of marriage April 7, 1883
- The temperature on April 7, 1883 was about 7.4 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1883: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- May 20 » Krakatoa begins to erupt; the volcano explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people.
- May 27 » Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
- May 30 » In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
- July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chileans led by Alejandro Gorostiaga defeat Andrés Avelino Cáceres's Peruvuan army at the Battle of Huamachuco, hastening the end of the war.
- August 12 » The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- November 9 » The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles, (later the Royal Winnipeg Rifles) of the Canadian Armed Forces is founded.
Day of death March 2, 1915
- The temperature on March 2, 1915 was between 0.4 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
- January 18 » Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
- April 18 » French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
- May 6 » Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
- July 7 » Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.
- July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
- September 15 » The Empire Picture Theatre (now The New Empire Cinema), the oldest running cinema in mainland Australia, opens in Bowral, New South Wales.
Same birth/death day
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- 1863 » Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and set designer († 1930)
- 1870 » E. M. Antoniadi, Greek-French astronomer and academic († 1944)
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- 1895 » Berthe Morisot, French painter (b. 1841)
- 1895 » Isma'il Pasha, Egyptian politician (b. 1830)
- 1896 » Jubal Early, American general (b. 1816)
- 1921 » Champ Clark, American lawyer and politician, 41st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1850)
- 1930 » D. H. Lawrence, English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1885)
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