Family tree Weening » Jan Ernstes Pettinga (1835-1917)
Personal data Jan Ernstes Pettinga
- He was born on November 3, 1835 in Ezumazijl, gem. Oostdongeradeel (Fr).Source 1
- He died on January 24, 1917 in Muskegon County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten, he was 81 years old.Source 2
- A child of Ernst Freerks Pettinga and Gettje Johannes Visser
- This information was last updated on March 8, 2024.
Household of Jan Ernstes Pettinga
(1) He is married to Auktje Jans de Boer.
They got married on January 30, 1867 at Schiermonnikoog (Fr), he was 31 years old.Source 3
(2) He is married to Anje Bouwman.
They got married about 1870 at USA.
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Historical events
Birthday November 3, 1835
- The temperature on November 3, 1835 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: half bewolkt omtrent helder. 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 1835: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- January 30 » In the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States, Richard Lawrence attempts to shoot president Andrew Jackson, but fails and is subdued by a crowd, including several congressmen as well as Jackson himself.
- February 1 » Slavery is abolished in Mauritius.
- February 15 » Serbia's Sretenje Constitution briefly comes into effect.
- August 30 » Australia: Melbourne, Victoria is founded.
- September 15 » HMSBeagle, with Charles Darwin aboard, reaches the Galápagos Islands. The ship lands at Chatham or San Cristobal, the easternmost of the archipelago.
- December 28 » Osceola leads his Seminole warriors in Florida into the Second Seminole War against the United States Army.
Day of marriage January 30, 1867
- The temperature on January 30, 1867 was about 8.7 °C. There was 9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
- In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- March 29 » Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes Canada on July 1.
- April 1 » Singapore becomes a British crown colony.
- May 29 » The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
- September 2 » Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japan, marries Masako Ichijō, thereafter known as Empress Shōken.
- September 28 » Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario, having also been the capital of Ontario's predecessors since 1796.
- November 23 » The Manchester Martyrs are hanged in Manchester, England, for killing a police officer while freeing two Irish Republican Brotherhood members from custody.
Day of death January 24, 1917
- The temperature on January 24, 1917 was between -5.3 °C and 0.5 °C and averaged -2.3 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
- June 4 » The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
- August 6 » World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
- October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
- December 6 » Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time.
Same birth/death day
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- 1845 » Edward Douglass White, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 9th Chief Justice of the United States († 1921)
- 1852 » Emperor Meiji of Japan († 1912)
- 1854 » Carlo Fornasini, Italian micropalaeontologist († 1931)
- 1881 » James Collinson, English painter (b. 1825)
- 1883 » Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. 1812)
- 1895 » Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1849)
- 1920 » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
- 1939 » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (b. 1867)
- 1943 » John Burns, English trade union leader and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1858)
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