Family tree Witmer » Jan van der Hek (1853-1922)
Personal data Jan van der Hek
- He was born on October 22, 1853 in Vlist, Zuid-Holland, Nederland.
Datum: huw.akte # 2 dochter Maria - Paula Bosch
- He died on April 26, 1922 in Ouderkerk aan de Ijssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, he was 68 years old.
Datum: Paula Bosch
- A child of Arie van der Hek and Maria Post
- This information was last updated on March 25, 2013.
Household of Jan van der Hek
He is married to Meinsje Verkaik.
They got married on March 14, 1879, he was 25 years old.
Datum: huw.akte # 2 dochter Maria - Paula Bosch
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Birthday October 22, 1853
- The temperature on October 22, 1853 was about 14.5 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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 Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
- In the year 1853: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
- January 19 » Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore receives its premiere performance in Rome.
- March 19 » The Taiping reform movement occupies and makes Nanjing its capital until 1864.
- April 16 » The Great Indian Peninsula Railway opens the first passenger rail in India, from Bori Bunder to Thane.
- July 2 » The Russian Army crosses the Pruth river into the Danubian Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia—providing the spark that will set off the Crimean War.
- July 8 » The Perry Expedition arrives in Edo Bay with a treaty requesting trade.
- July 25 » Joaquin Murrieta, the famous Californio bandit known as the "Robin Hood of El Dorado", is killed.
Day of marriage March 14, 1879
- There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- January 11 » The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
- February 14 » The War of the Pacific breaks out when the Chilean Army occupies the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
- April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
- May 14 » The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
- October 15 » The Segura river in southeastern Spain floods, killing 1077 people.
- October 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
Day of death April 26, 1922
- The temperature on April 26, 1922 was between 2.6 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 11.2 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
- February 9 » Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
- March 26 » The German Social Democratic Party is founded in Poland.
- April 3 » Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
- April 5 » The American Birth Control League, forerunner of Planned Parenthood, is incorporated.
- September 18 » The Kingdom of Hungary is admitted to the League of Nations.
- December 6 » One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the Irish Free State comes into existence.
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- 1910 » Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
- 1915 » John Bunny, American actor (b. 1863)
- 1920 » Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist (b. 1887)
- 1932 » William Lockwood, English cricketer (b. 1868)
- 1934 » Arturs Alberings, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (b. 1876)
- 1940 » Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
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