Family tree Weening » Japikje Gerlofs Westra (1840-> 1886)
Personal data Japikje Gerlofs Westra
- She was born on February 4, 1840 in Buitenpost, gem. Achtkarspelen (Fr).Source 1
- She died after 1886 in -.
- A child of Gerlof Hantjes Westra and Ytje Sjoerds Heidema
- This information was last updated on June 4, 2024.
Household of Japikje Gerlofs Westra
She is married to IJsbrand Everts Bijlsma.
They got married on March 5, 1863 at Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland, she was 23 years old.Source 2
Child(ren):
- Gerlof Bijlsma 1863-1866
- Evert Bijlsma 1865-1866
- Gerlof Bijlsma 1867-1932
- Ietje Bijlsma 1868-????
- Evert Bijlsma 1870-1872
- Minke Bijlsma 1872-1957
- Evert Bijlsma 1874-1875
- Evertje Bijlsma 1876-1901
- Sjoerd Bijlsma 1878-1879
- Sjoerd Bijlsma 1882-1884
- Durkje Bijlsma 1886-????
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Historical events
Birthday February 4, 1840
- The temperature on February 4, 1840 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: betrokken. 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 1840: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- February 6 » Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
- May 7 » The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest tornado in United States history.
- May 20 » York Minster is badly damaged by fire.
- June 20 » Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph.
- July 23 » The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union.
- October 7 » Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
Day of marriage March 5, 1863
- The temperature on March 5, 1863 was about 3.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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.
- February 17 » A group of citizens of Geneva founded an International Committee for Relief to the Wounded, which later became known as the International Committee of the Red Cross.
- May 14 » American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place.
- June 9 » American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.
- June 14 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Winchester: A Union garrison is defeated by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley town of Winchester, Virginia.
- July 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Gettysburg begins.
- August 4 » Matica slovenská, Slovakia's public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation, is established in Martin.
Same birth/death day
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- 1831 » Oliver Ames, American financier and politician, 35th Governor of Massachusetts († 1895)
- 1848 » Jean Aicard, French poet, author, and playwright († 1921)
- 1849 » Jean Richepin, French poet, author, and playwright († 1926)
- 1862 » Édouard Estaunié, French novelist († 1942)
- 1865 » Abe Isoo, Japanese minister and politician († 1949)
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