Family tree Weening » Wietske Jans van der Schaaf (1803-1889)
Personal data Wietske Jans van der Schaaf
- She was born in Leek (Gr).Source 1
- She was christened on September 11, 1803 in Midwolde, gem. Leek (Gr).
- She died on December 21, 1889 in Hoogkerk (Gr).Source 2
- A child of Jan Everts van der Schaaf and Aaltje Wijtses Meinema
- This information was last updated on January 27, 2025.
Household of Wietske Jans van der Schaaf
She is married to Sijbrand Tornga.
They got married
Child(ren):
- Martje Tornga 1833-1847
- Sijmen Tornga 1841-1847
- Jakob Tornga 1844-1890
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Historical events
Christening day September 11, 1803
- The temperature on September 11, 1803 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt winderig bui. 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 1803: Source: Wikipedia
- January 1 » Emperor Gia Long orders all bronze wares of the Tây Sơn dynasty to be collected and melted into nine cannons for the Royal Citadel in Huế, Vietnam.
- April 26 » Thousands of meteor fragments fall from the skies of L'Aigle, France; the event convinces European scientists that meteors exist.
- September 6 » British scientist John Dalton begins using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.
- October 20 » The United States Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase.
- November 18 » The Battle of Vertières, the last major battle of the Haitian Revolution, is fought, leading to the establishment of the Republic of Haiti, the first black republic in the Western Hemisphere.
- November 30 » The Balmis Expedition starts in Spain with the aim of vaccinating millions against smallpox in Spanish America and Philippines.
Day of death December 21, 1889
- The temperature on December 21, 1889 was about 4.3 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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.
- May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
- May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
- May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
- June 3 » The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
- June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
- October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
Same birth/death day
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- 1889 » Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1809)
- 1920 » Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, Somalian general, founded the Dervish movement (b. 1856)
- 1929 » I. L. Patterson, American politician, 18th Governor of Oregon (b. 1859)
- 1933 » Knud Rasmussen, Greenlandic anthropologist and explorer (b. 1879)
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