Family tree Weening » Marijke Geerts Wijma (1780-1863)

Christening day October 22, 1780

• The temperature on October 22, 1780 was about 9.0 °C. There was 154 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1780: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 17 » American Revolution: George Washington grants the Continental Army a holiday "as an act of solidarity with the Irish in their fight for independence".
  • April 16 » Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Fürstenberg founds the University of Münster.
  • August 16 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden: The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina.
  • October 16 » American Revolutionary War: The British-led Royalton raid is the last Native American raid on New England.
  • November 9 » American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Fishdam Ford a force of British and Loyalist troops fail in a surprise attack against the South Carolina Patriot militia under Brigadier General Thomas Sumter.
  • December 14 » Founding Father Alexander Hamilton marries Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton at the Schuyler Mansion in Albany, New York

Day of marriage December 16, 1813

• The temperature on December 16, 1813 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 1813: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 28 » Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom.
  • May 11 » William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth discover a route across the Blue Mountains, opening up inland Australia to settlement.
  • August 26 » War of the Sixth Coalition: An impromptu battle takes place when French and Prussian-Russian forces accidentally run into each other near Liegnitz, Prussia (now Legnica, Poland).
  • August 30 » Creek War: Fort Mims massacre: Creek "Red Sticks" kill over 500 settlers (including over 250 armed militia) in Fort Mims, north of Mobile, Alabama.
  • September 10 » The United States defeats a British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
  • October 5 » War of 1812: The Army of the Northwest defeats a British and Native Canadian force threatening Detroit.

Day of death March 28, 1863

• The temperature on March 28, 1863 was about 9.2 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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 1863: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 8 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield.
  • January 11 » American Civil War: CSSAlabama encounters and sinks the USSHatteras off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas.
  • May 2 » American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later.
  • May 14 » American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place.
  • July 30 » American Indian Wars: Representatives of the United States and tribal leaders including Chief Pocatello (of the Shoshone) sign the Treaty of Box Elder.
  • August 16 » The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1865 » Petrus Hofman Peerlkamp, Dutch scholar and critic (b. 1786)
• 1866 » Solomon Foot, American lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1868 » James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1797)
• 1870 » George Henry Thomas, American general (b. 1816)
• 1874 » Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish-German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1795)
• 1881 » Modest Mussorgsky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1839)