Family tree Weening » Jan Pieters Boonstra (1792-1869)

Christening day April 15, 1792

• The temperature on April 15, 1792 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1792: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 9 » Treaty of Jassy between Russian and Ottoman Empire is signed.
  • January 25 » The London Corresponding Society is founded.
  • April 5 » United States President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
  • May 17 » The New York Stock Exchange is formed under the Buttonwood Agreement.
  • October 13 » In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.
  • December 11 » French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.

Day of marriage December 28, 1815

• The temperature on December 28, 1815 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw regen winderig. Source: KNMI
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  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 1815: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 2 » Signing of the Kandyan Convention treaty by British invaders and the leaders of the Kingdom of Kandy.
  • April 10 » The Mount Tambora volcano begins a three-month-long eruption, lasting until July 15. The eruption ultimately kills 71,000 people and affects Earth's climate for the next two years.
  • May 3 » Neapolitan War: Joachim Murat, King of Naples is defeated by the Austrians at the Battle of Tolentino, the decisive engagement of the war.
  • June 9 » End of the Congress of Vienna: The new European political situation is set.
  • July 15 » Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders aboard HMSBellerophon.
  • August 24 » The modern Constitution of the Netherlands is signed.

Day of death June 2, 1869

• The temperature on June 2, 1869 was about 17.8 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
• In the year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 5 » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
  • March 24 » The last of Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.
  • April 28 » Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
  • June 27 » The Republic of Ezo on the island of Hokkaido ends after being defeated by Japanese Imperial troops.
  • July 25 » The Japanese daimyōs begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869).
  • November 17 » In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1853 » Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, English general (b. 1777)
• 1865 » Ner Middleswarth, American judge and politician (b. 1783)
• 1875 » Józef Kremer, Polish psychologist, historian, and philosopher (b. 1806)
• 1881 » Émile Littré, French lexicographer and philosopher (b. 1801)
• 1882 » Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and politician (b. 1807)
• 1901 » George Leslie Mackay, Canadian missionary and author (b. 1844)