Family tree Weening » Harmen Pieters van der Leest (1839-1889)
Personal data Harmen Pieters van der Leest
- He was born on June 6, 1839 in Drachten, gem. Smallingerland (Fr).Source 1
- Occupations:
- koemelker.
- pelmolenaar.
- He died on March 23, 1889 in Garijp, gem. Tietjerksteradeel (Fr), he was 49 years old.Source 2
- A child of Pieter Harms van der Leest and Sjoukje Alderts van Dam
- This information was last updated on February 20, 2023.
Household of Harmen Pieters van der Leest
He is married to Freerkje Wypkes de Jong.
They got married on June 19, 1869 at Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 30 years old.Source 3
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Birthday June 6, 1839
- The temperature on June 6, 1839 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt windstil. 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 1839: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- January 20 » In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats an alliance between Peru and Bolivia.
- June 22 » Cherokee leaders Major Ridge, John Ridge, and Elias Boudinot are assassinated for signing the Treaty of New Echota, which had resulted in the Trail of Tears.
- September 4 » Battle of Kowloon: British vessels open fire on Chinese war junks enforcing a food sales embargo on the British community in China in the first armed conflict of the First Opium War.
- September 5 » The United Kingdom declares war on the Qing dynasty of China.
- November 11 » The Virginia Military Institute is founded in Lexington, Virginia.
- November 17 » Oberto, Giuseppe Verdi's first opera, opens at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy.
Day of marriage June 19, 1869
- The temperature on June 19, 1869 was about 14.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
- In the year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- March 6 » Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
- April 6 » Celluloid is patented.
- May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
- October 5 » The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
- December 7 » American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.
Day of death March 23, 1889
- The temperature on March 23, 1889 was about 11.0 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
- February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
- May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
- August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
- September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
- November 15 » Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.
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