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Personal data Willem van Prooijen 


Household of Willem van Prooijen

He is married to Geertje Tammes.

They got married on April 2, 1893 at Groningen (Gr), he was 57 years old.Source 3

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Groningen 1835
  2. Overlijdensregister Groningen 1900
  3. Huwelijksregister Groningen 1893

Historical events

Birthday December 19, 1835

  • The temperature on December 19, 1835 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: betrokken hagel sneeuw. Special wheather fenomena: storm(achtig). Source: KNMI
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    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 1835: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • January 7 » HMSBeagle, with Charles Darwin on board, drops anchor off the Chonos Archipelago.
    • January 30 » In the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States, Richard Lawrence attempts to shoot president Andrew Jackson, but fails and is subdued by a crowd, including several congressmen as well as Jackson himself.
    • May 6 » James Gordon Bennett, Sr. publishes the first issue of the New York Herald.
    • August 25 » The first Great Moon Hoax article is published in The New York Sun, announcing the discovery of life and civilization on the Moon.
    • October 28 » The United Tribes of New Zealand are established with the signature of the Declaration of Independence.
    • December 29 » The Treaty of New Echota is signed, ceding all the lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States.

Day of death August 7, 1900

  • The temperature on August 7, 1900 was about 15.6 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 2 » American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
    • January 24 » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
    • March 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
    • May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
    • June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
    • September 8 » Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.


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