Family tree Weening » Jakob Simons de Vries (1822-1908)
Personal data Jakob Simons de Vries
- He was born on May 15, 1822 in Zuurdijk, gem. Leens (Gr).Source 1
- Profession: dagloner.
- He died on March 25, 1908 in Leens (Gr), he was 85 years old.Source 2
- A child of Simon Jans de Vries and Matje Jakobs Boekhout
- This information was last updated on October 11, 2025.
Household of Jakob Simons de Vries
(1) He is married to Aaltje Sneijer.
They got married on May 10, 1866 at Leens (Gr), he was 43 years old.Source 3
(2) He is married to Janna Bijman.
They got married on March 30, 1876 at Leens (Gr), he was 53 years old.Source 4
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Historical events
Birthday May 15, 1822
- The temperature on May 15, 1822 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. 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 1822: Source: Wikipedia
- May 24 » Battle of Pichincha: Antonio José de Sucre secures the independence of the Presidency of Quito.
- May 26 » One hundred sixteen people die in the Grue Church fire, the biggest fire disaster in Norway's history.
- September 7 » Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal on the shores of the Ipiranga Brook in São Paulo.
- September 27 » Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta Stone.
- November 16 » American Old West: Missouri trader William Becknell arrives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, over a route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail.
- December 1 » Peter I is crowned Emperor of Brazil.
Day of marriage March 30, 1876
- The temperature on March 30, 1876 was about 7.0 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
- In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- January 15 » The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl.
- February 2 » The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
- April 17 » Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
- April 20 » The April Uprising begins. Its suppression shocks European opinion, and Bulgarian independence becomes a condition for ending the Russo-Turkish War.
- June 25 » Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
- August 31 » Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid II.
Day of death March 25, 1908
- The temperature on March 25, 1908 was between 1.0 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- 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 1908: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
- January 11 » Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
- January 13 » The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
- June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
- June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
- November 7 » Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente Canton, Bolivia.
- December 28 » The 7.1 Mw Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 75,000 and 200,000.
Same birth/death day
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- 1805 » Samuel Carter, Early English railway solicitor and MP († 1878)
- 1808 » Michael William Balfe, Irish composer and conductor († 1870)
- 1817 » Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher and author († 1905)
- 1841 » Clarence Dutton, American commander and geologist († 1912)
- 1845 » Élie Metchnikoff, Russian zoologist († 1916)
- 1907 » Ernst von Bergmann, Latvian-German surgeon and academic (b. 1836)
- 1908 » Durham Stevens, American diplomat (b. 1851)
- 1914 » Frédéric Mistral, French lexicographer and poet, 1904 Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)
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- 1918 » Claude Debussy, French composer (b. 1862)
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