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Personal data Douwe Sjoerds Veenstra 


Household of Douwe Sjoerds Veenstra

He is married to Janke Brants de Vries.

They got married on October 28, 1871 at Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 23 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Wolter Douwes Veenstra  1883-1964 

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1848, Tietjerksteradeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1898, Tietjerksteradeel
  3. Huwelijksregister 1871, Tietjerksteradeel

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Historical events

Birthday February 21, 1848

  • The temperature on February 21, 1848 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken. 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).
  • From November 21, 1848 till November 1, 1849 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Kempenaer - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. J.M. de Kempenaer (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In the year 1848: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • January 31 » John C. Frémont is court-martialed for mutiny and disobeying orders.
    • February 2 » Mexican–American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed.
    • March 20 » German revolutions of 1848–49: King Ludwig I of Bavaria abdicates.
    • September 13 » Vermont railroad worker Phineas Gage survives an iron rod 1⁄4 inches (3.2cm) in diameter being driven through his brain; the reported effects on his behavior and personality stimulate discussion of the nature of the brain and its functions.
    • November 1 » In Boston, Massachusetts, the first medical school for women, Boston Female Medical School (which later merged with the Boston University School of Medicine), opens.
    • December 5 » California Gold Rush: In a message to the United States Congress, U.S. President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California.

Day of marriage October 28, 1871

  • The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 27 » The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
    • March 29 » Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
    • May 4 » The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
    • May 21 » French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week", some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.
    • October 8 » The Great Chicago Fire and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire break out.
    • November 10 » Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?".

Day of death July 31, 1898

  • The temperature on July 31, 1898 was about 15.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
    • April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
    • August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
    • August 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
    • August 28 » Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".
    • October 18 » The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.


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Source: Wikipedia

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