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Personal data Ruurd Lolkes Westra 


Household of Ruurd Lolkes Westra

He is married to Magdalena Robertus Fortuin.

They got married on June 13, 1829 at Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland.Source 2


Child(ren):

  1. Janke Ruurds Westra  1830-1865 
  2. Janke Ruurds Westra  1830-1865 

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Ruurd Lolkes Westra
± 1798-1869

1829

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Sources

  1. Overlijdensregister 1869, Leeuwarden
  2. Huwelijksregister 1829, Tietjerksteradeel

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Historical events

  • The temperature on June 13, 1829 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: dampig. 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 1829: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 13 » The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 gives Roman Catholics in the United Kingdom the right to vote and to sit in Parliament.
    • July 23 » In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter.
    • September 11 » Surrender of the expedition led by Isidro Barradas at Tampico, sent by the Spanish crown to retake Mexico. This was the consummation of Mexico's campaign for independence.
    • September 14 » The Ottoman Empire signs the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, thus ending the Russo-Turkish War.
    • September 29 » The Metropolitan Police of London, later also known as the Met, is founded.
    • October 1 » South African College is founded in Cape Town, South Africa. It will later separate into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools.
  • The temperature on November 9, 1869 was about 5.9 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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.
    • January 27 » Boshin War: Tokugawa rebels establish the Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō.
    • April 6 » Celluloid is patented.
    • April 17 » Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico.
    • April 28 » Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
    • October 16 » Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.
    • November 22 » In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched


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