Family tree Zijlmans » Rocus Peters (1848-1917)

Personal data Rocus Peters 


Household of Rocus Peters

He is married to Jacoba Oomen.

They got married on June 5, 1874 at Raamsdonk, he was 25 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Cornelis Peters  1875-???? 
  2. Maria Anna Peters  1876-1930
  3. Anna Peters  1877-1933
  4. Hendricus Peters  1882-1886
  5. Hendrina Peters  1887-1890
  6. Hendrica Peters  1892-????

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  • The temperature on August 27, 1848 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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).
  • From November 21, 1848 till November 1, 1849 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Kempenaer - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. J.M. de Kempenaer (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In the year 1848: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • January 3 » Joseph Jenkins Roberts is sworn in as the first president of Liberia.
    • February 2 » Mexican–American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed.
    • March 11 » Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin become the first Prime Ministers of the Province of Canada to be democratically elected under a system of responsible government.
    • May 22 » Slavery is abolished in Martinique.
    • August 18 » Camila O'Gorman and Ladislao Gutierrez are executed on the orders of Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas.
    • December 2 » Franz Joseph I becomes Emperor of Austria.
  • The temperature on June 5, 1874 was about 24.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 43%. 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 July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
  • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1874: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 18 » Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trade rights.
    • July 8 » The Mounties begin their March West.
    • July 14 » The Chicago Fire of 1874 burns down 47 acres of the city, destroying 812 buildings, killing 20, and resulting in the fire insurance industry demanding municipal reforms from Chicago's city council.
    • August 5 » Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
    • October 9 » The Universal Postal Union is created by the Treaty of Bern.
    • November 25 » The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.
  • The temperature on September 9, 1917 was between 12.3 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
    • February 5 » The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
    • March 1 » The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
    • March 8 » International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23rd in the Julian calendar).
    • May 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
    • December 6 » Finland declares independence from Soviet Russia.
    • December 18 » The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by the United States Congress.


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