Family tree Weening » Sijbrand Tornga (1797-1869)
Personal data Sijbrand Tornga
- He was born in Leegkerk, gem. Hoogkerk (Gr).Source 1
- He was christened on October 1, 1797 in Leegkerk, gem. Hoogkerk (Gr).
- Profession: watermolenaar.
- He died on April 16, 1869 in Hoogkerk (Gr).Source 2
- A child of Ite Tornga and Martje Pieters Scholtens
- This information was last updated on August 11, 2019.
Household of Sijbrand Tornga
He is married to Wietske Jans van der Schaaf.
They got married
Child(ren):
- Martje Tornga 1833-1847
- Sijmen Tornga 1841-1847
- Jakob Tornga 1844-1890
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Christening day October 1, 1797
- The temperature on October 1, 1797 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1797: Source: Wikipedia
- March 4 » John Adams is inaugurated as the 2nd President of the United States of America, becoming the first President to begin his presidency on March 4.
- March 16 » French Revolutionary Wars: An Austrian column is defeated by the French in the Battle of Valvasone.
- April 17 » Sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico, in what would be one of the largest invasions of the Spanish territories in the Americas.
- May 12 » War of the First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.
- October 18 » Treaty of Campo Formio is signed between France and Austria
- October 22 » André-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump, from one thousand meters (3,200 feet) above Paris.
Day of death April 16, 1869
- The temperature on April 16, 1869 was about 14.1 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%. 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.
- February 5 » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
- 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.
- May 4 » The Naval Battle of Hakodate is fought in Japan.
- June 27 » The Republic of Ezo on the island of Hokkaido ends after being defeated by Japanese Imperial troops.
- 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.
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