Family tree Weening » Pieter Postma (1845-1921)
Personal data Pieter Postma
- He was born on August 16, 1845 in Murmerwoude, gem. Dantumadeel (Fr).Source 1
Kind erkend door de moeder d.d. 6 oktober 1873
- Profession: dagloner.
- He died on January 29, 1921 in Akkerwoude, gem. Dantumadeel (Fr), he was 75 years old.Source 2
overleden in Leeuwarden
- A child of Detje Pieters Postma
- This information was last updated on May 13, 2024.
Household of Pieter Postma
He is married to Sytske Jans van der Heide.
They got married on October 16, 1873 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 28 years old.Source 3
Met legitimatie van een kind
Child(ren):
- Detje Postma 1873-1957
- Baukje Postma 1886-1969
- Pieter Postma 1890-1962
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Historical events
Birthday August 16, 1845
- The temperature on August 16, 1845 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt zwaar regen. 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 1845: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
- January 29 » "The Raven" is published in The Evening Mirror in New York, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe.
- March 11 » Flagstaff War: Unhappy with translational differences regarding the Treaty of Waitangi, chiefs Hone Heke, Kawiti and Māori tribe members chop down the British flagpole for a fourth time and drive settlers out of Kororareka, New Zealand.
- May 19 » Captain Sir John Franklin and his ill-fated Arctic expedition depart from Greenhithe, England.
- July 19 » Great New York City Fire of 1845: The last great fire to affect Manhattan begins early in the morning and is subdued that afternoon. The fire kills four firefighters and 26 civilians and destroys 345 buildings.
- December 27 » Ether anesthetic is used for childbirth for the first time by Dr. Crawford Long in Jefferson, Georgia.
- December 29 » In accordance with International Boundary delimitation, the United States annexes the Republic of Texas, following the manifest destiny doctrine. The Republic of Texas, which had been independent since the Texas Revolution of 1836, is thereupon admitted as the 28th U.S. state.
Day of marriage October 16, 1873
- The temperature on October 16, 1873 was about 14.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. 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 July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
- In the year 1873: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- April 4 » The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
- May 9 » Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
- May 20 » Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
- July 1 » Prince Edward Island joins into Canadian Confederation.
- August 23 » Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.
- September 1 » Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
Day of death January 29, 1921
- The temperature on January 29, 1921 was between 7.5 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
- February 25 » Georgian capital Tbilisi falls to the invading Russian forces after heavy fighting and the Russians declare the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.
- March 18 » The second Peace of Riga is signed between Poland and the Soviet Union.
- April 2 » The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.
- September 7 » In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
- October 29 » United States: Second trial of Sacco and Vanzetti in Boston, Massachusetts.
- December 22 » Opening of Visva-Bharati College, also known as Santiniketan College, now Visva Bharati University, India.
Same birth/death day
- 1832 » Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and physiologist († 1920)
- 1842 » Jakob Rosanes, Ukrainian-German mathematician, chess player, and academic († 1922)
- 1845 » Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourger-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1921)
- 1848 » Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general († 1926)
- 1855 » James McGowen, Australian politician, 18th Premier of New South Wales († 1922)
- 1856 » Aparicio Saravia, Uruguayan general and politician († 1904)
- 1906 » Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1818)
- 1928 » Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Scottish field marshal (b. 1861)
- 1931 » Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general during World War I (b. 1861)
- 1933 » Sara Teasdale, American poet (b. 1884)
- 1934 » Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
- 1941 » Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1871)
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