Family tree Weening » Grietje Jans Westerhof (1826-1889)
Personal data Grietje Jans Westerhof
- She was born on March 17, 1826 in Sauwerd, gem. Adorp (Gr).Source 1
- Profession: dienstmeid.
- She died on May 13, 1889 in Sauwerd, gem. Adorp (Gr), she was 63 years old.Source 2
- A child of Jan Klaassen Westerhof and Zwaantje Klaassens Heeres
- This information was last updated on July 21, 2025.
Household of Grietje Jans Westerhof
(1) She is married to Jan Homan.
They got married on June 7, 1865 at Bedum (Gr), she was 39 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
- Klaas Westerhof 1857-1881
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Historical events
Birthday March 17, 1826
- The temperature on March 17, 1826 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: 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 1826: Source: Wikipedia
- March 13 » Pope Leo XII publishes the apostolic constitution Quo Graviora in which he renewed the prohibition on Catholics joining freemasonry.
- April 1 » Samuel Morey received a patent for a compressionless "Gas or Vapor Engine".
- May 22 » HMSBeagle departs on its first voyage.
- July 4 » John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, respectively the second and third presidents of the United States, die the same day, on the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence. Adams' last words were, "Thomas Jefferson survives."
- September 11 » Captain William Morgan, an ex-freemason is arrested in Batavia, New York for debt after declaring that he would publish The Mysteries of Free Masonry, a book against Freemasonry. This sets into motion the events that lead to his mysterious disappearance.
- December 21 » American settlers in Nacogdoches, Mexican Texas, declare their independence, starting the Fredonian Rebellion.
Day of marriage June 7, 1865
- The temperature on June 7, 1865 was about 18.0 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. 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)
- In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- March 2 » East Cape War: The Völkner Incident in New Zealand.
- April 9 » American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the war.
- April 12 » American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union Army.
- May 12 » American Civil War: The Battle of Palmito Ranch: The first day of the last major land action to take place during the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory.
- October 11 » Hundreds of black men and women march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.
- November 18 » Mark Twain's short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is published in the New York Saturday Press.
Day of death May 13, 1889
- The temperature on May 13, 1889 was about 19.1 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
- March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
- June 3 » The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
- July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
- September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
- November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
Same birth/death day
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- 1806 » Norbert Rillieux, African American inventor and chemical engineer († 1894)
- 1820 » Jean Ingelow, English poet and author († 1897)
- 1834 » Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft († 1900)
- 1839 » Josef Rheinberger, Liechtensteiner-German organist and composer († 1901)
- 1846 » Kate Greenaway, English author and illustrator († 1901)
- 1866 » Nikolai Brashman, Czech-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1796)
- 1878 » Joseph Henry, American physicist and academic (b. 1797)
- 1884 » Cyrus McCormick, American businessman, co-founded the International Harvester Company (b. 1809)
- 1885 » Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, German physician, pathologist, and anatomist (b. 1809)
- 1903 » Apolinario Mabini, Filipino lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Philippines (b. 1864)
- 1916 » Sholem Aleichem, Ukrainian-American author and playwright (b. 1859)
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