Family tree Weening » Boele Lourens Zwaanstra (1840-1917)
Personal data Boele Lourens Zwaanstra
- He was born on February 2, 1840 in Engwierum, gem. Oostdongeradeel (Fr).Source 1
- Profession: arbeider.
- He died on July 5, 1917 in Engwierum, gem. Oostdongeradeel (Fr), he was 77 years old.Source 2
- A child of Lourens Boeles Zwaanstra and Jeike Hendriks Leenburg
- This information was last updated on February 15, 2023.
Household of Boele Lourens Zwaanstra
He is married to Trijntje Johannes Sekema.
They got married on May 30, 1862 at Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 22 years old.Source 3
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Birthday February 2, 1840
- The temperature on February 2, 1840 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken winderig 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 1840: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- January 13 » The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
- February 11 » Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment receives its first performance in Paris, France.
- May 7 » The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest tornado in United States history.
- June 20 » Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph.
- October 7 » Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
- October 11 » The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.
Day of marriage May 30, 1862
- The temperature on May 30, 1862 was about 20.0 °C. The air pressure was 4.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. 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 March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
- 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 1862: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- February 16 » American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
- May 31 » American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: Confederate forces under Joseph E. Johnston and G.W. Smith engage Union forces under George B. McClellan outside Richmond, Virginia.
- June 5 » As the Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France, the guerrilla leader Trương Định decides to defy Emperor Tự Đức of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans.
- July 18 » First ascent of Dent Blanche, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
- October 8 » American Civil War: The Confederate invasion of Kentucky is halted at the Battle of Perryville.
- December 13 » American Civil War: At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats Union Major General Ambrose Burnside.
Day of death July 5, 1917
- The temperature on July 5, 1917 was between 8.9 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- January 22 » World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
- October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
- November 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.
- December 6 » World War I: USSJacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SMU-53.
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