Family tree Weening » Antje Folkerts van der Wal (1831-1908)
Personal data Antje Folkerts van der Wal
- She was born on April 21, 1831 in Gerkesklooster, gem. Achtkarspelen (Fr).Source 1
- Profession: winkelierster.
- She died on March 6, 1908 in Gerkesklooster, gem. Achtkarspelen (Fr), she was 76 years old.Source 2
- A child of Folkert Lammerts van der Wal and Sytske Oeges Schuitema
- This information was last updated on May 7, 2024.
Household of Antje Folkerts van der Wal
(1) She is married to Hendrik Jakobs Poelstra.
They got married on May 12, 1855 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), she was 24 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
- Folkert Hendriks Poelstra 1858-1859
- Sytske Poelstra 1860-1863
(2) She is married to Geert Harrits Zwarts.
They got married on June 5, 1875 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), she was 44 years old.Source 4
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Historical events
Birthday April 21, 1831
- The temperature on April 21, 1831 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: onweer bui. 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 1831: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- April 18 » The University of Alabama is founded in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
- July 4 » Samuel Francis Smith writes "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" for the Boston, Massachusetts July 4 festivities.
- July 21 » Inauguration of Leopold I of Belgium, first king of the Belgians.
- September 8 » November uprising: The Battle of Warsaw effectively ends the Polish insurrection.
- November 5 » Nat Turner, American slave leader, is tried, convicted, and sentenced to death in Virginia.
- November 17 » Ecuador and Venezuela are separated from Gran Colombia.
Day of marriage June 5, 1875
- The temperature on June 5, 1875 was about 20.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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 1875: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- March 3 » The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.
- March 15 » Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.
- April 10 » India: Arya Samaj is founded in Mumbai by Swami Dayananda Saraswati to propagate his goal of social reform.
- June 19 » The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
- August 25 » Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 21 hours and 45 minutes.
- December 4 » Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.
Day of death March 6, 1908
- The temperature on March 6, 1908 was between -0.9 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
- May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
- July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
- September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
- September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
- October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
- 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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- 1816 » Charlotte Brontë, Cornish-English novelist and poet († 1855)
- 1837 » Fredrik Bajer, Danish lieutenant and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1922)
- 1838 » John Muir, Scottish-American environmentalist and author († 1914)
- 1851 » Charles Barrois, French geologist and palaeontologist († 1939)
- 1899 » Kaʻiulani of Hawaii (b. 1875)
- 1900 » Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (b. 1834)
- 1905 » John Henninger Reagan, American surveyor, judge, and politician, 3rd Confederate States of America Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1818)
- 1905 » Makar Yekmalyan, Armenian composer (b. 1856)
- 1919 » Oskars Kalpaks, Latvian colonel (b. 1882)
- 1920 » Ömer Seyfettin, Turkish author and educator (b. 1884)
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