Family tree Weening » Wiete Egbertus Wetsema (1842-1909)
Personal data Wiete Egbertus Wetsema
- He was born on October 30, 1842 in Wetsinge, gem. Adorp (Gr).Source 1
- Profession: dienstknecht.
- He died on October 19, 1909 in Haren (Gr), he was 66 years old.Source 2
- A child of Pieter Jans Wetsema and Hemmina Everdina Smith
- This information was last updated on July 7, 2025.
Household of Wiete Egbertus Wetsema
(1) He is married to Trientje Pestman.
They got married on May 23, 1874 at Noorddijk (Gr), he was 31 years old.Source 3
(2) He is married to Anje van der Wijs.
They got married on June 23, 1888 at Noorddijk (Gr), he was 45 years old.Source 4
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Birthday October 30, 1842
- The temperature on October 30, 1842 was about 7.0 °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 1842: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
- March 9 » Giuseppe Verdi's third opera, Nabucco, receives its première performance in Milan; its success establishes Verdi as one of Italy's foremost opera composers.
- March 30 » Ether anesthesia is used for the first time, in an operation by the American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long.
- May 8 » A train derails and catches fire in Paris, killing between 52 and 200 people.
- August 1 » The Lombard Street riot erupts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
- August 9 » The Webster–Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States–Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains.
- November 26 » The University of Notre Dame is founded.
Day of marriage June 23, 1888
- The temperature on June 23, 1888 was about 21.0 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- 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 1888: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- March 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
- June 29 » George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
- July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
- September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
- October 21 » Foundation of the Swiss Social Democratic Party.
- December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.
Day of death October 19, 1909
- The temperature on October 19, 1909 was between 9.1 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
- January 9 » Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180km; 112mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
- April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
- April 14 » A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.
- May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
- July 16 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar.
- August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
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- 1861 » Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter († 1929)
- 1871 » Buck Freeman, American baseball player († 1949)
- 1871 » Paul Valéry, French poet and philosopher († 1945)
- 1873 » Francisco I. Madero, Mexican businessman and politician, 33rd President of Mexico († 1913)
- 1897 » George Pullman, American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company (b. 1831)
- 1901 » Carl Frederik Tietgen, Danish businessman and philanthropist, founded GN Store Nord (b. 1829)
- 1905 » Virgil Earp, American marshal (b. 1843)
- 1916 » Ioannis Frangoudis, Greek general and target shooter (b. 1863)
- 1918 » Harold Lockwood, American actor (b. 1887)
- 1924 » Louis Zborowski, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1895)
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