Family tree Weening » Jan Eeltjes Torensma (± 1803-1880)

Personal data Jan Eeltjes Torensma 

  • He was born about 1803 in Wierum, gem. Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland.
  • Profession: arbeider.
  • He died on January 13, 1880 in Wierum, gem. Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland.Source 1
  • This information was last updated on November 4, 2023.

Household of Jan Eeltjes Torensma

He is married to Dieuke Philippus Keegstra.

They got married on June 24, 1837 at Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland.Source 2

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Sources

  1. Overlijdensregister 1880, Westdongeradeel
  2. Huwelijksregister 1837, Westdongeradeel

Historical events

Day of death January 13, 1880

  • The temperature on January 13, 1880 was about -4.9 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 1880: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 27 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
    • June 24 » First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
    • June 28 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
    • September 1 » The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
    • September 16 » The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the United States' oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
    • December 16 » Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.


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