Family tree Klavers » Berent Meems (1841-1902)
Personal data Berent Meems
- He was born on January 12, 1841 in Ellersinghuizen, Vlagtwedde, Groningen.Source 1
- He died on December 22, 1902 in Mussel, Onstwedde, Groningen, he was 61 years old.Source 1
- A child of Beerent Beerents Meems and Hinderkien Reints Koets
- This information was last updated on April 29, 2022.
Household of Berent Meems
(1) He is married to Jantje Wolfs.
They got married on December 10, 1874 at Onstwedde, Groningen, he was 33 years old.Source 1
Child(ren):
(2) He is married to Freerkien Smit.
They got married on September 28, 1889 at Onstwedde, Groningen, he was 48 years old.Source 1
Child(ren):
- Berend Meems 1889-1890
- Jan Meems 1896-1897
- Jan Meems 1900-1900
Notes about Berent Meems
Beroep: 1896 landbouwer.
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Historical events
Birthday January 12, 1841
- The temperature on January 12, 1841 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken mistig. 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 1841: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
- January 20 » Hong Kong Island is occupied by the British.
- January 26 » James Bremer takes formal possession of Hong Kong Island at what is now Possession Point, establishing British Hong Kong.
- March 9 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules in the United States v. The Amistad case that captive Africans who had seized control of the ship carrying them had been taken into slavery illegally.
- March 30 » The National Bank of Greece is founded in Athens.
- September 24 » The Sultanate of Brunei cedes Sarawak to the United Kingdom.
- November 13 » James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnotism.
Day of marriage September 28, 1889
- The temperature on September 28, 1889 was about 11.7 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 20 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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.
- January 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
- February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
- July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
- August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
- August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
- October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
Day of death December 22, 1902
- The temperature on December 22, 1902 was between -1.1 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
- April 2 » "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
- April 18 » The 7.5 Mw Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
- May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
- August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
- December 14 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.
Same birth/death day
- 1822 » Étienne Lenoir, Belgian engineer, designed the internal combustion engine († 1900)
- 1837 » Adolf Jensen, German pianist and composer († 1879)
- 1849 » Jean Béraud, Russian-French painter and academic († 1935)
- 1853 » Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician († 1925)
- 1856 » John Singer Sargent, American painter and academic († 1925)
- 1863 » Swami Vivekananda, Indian monk and philosopher († 1902)
- 1891 » Paul de Lagarde, German biblical scholar and orientalist (b. 1827)
- 1899 » Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist and publisher, founded Moody Publishers (b. 1837)
- 1902 » Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German-Austrian psychiatrist and author (b. 1840)
- 1915 » Rose Talbot Bullard, American medical doctor and professor (b. 1864)
- 1917 » Frances Xavier Cabrini, Italian-American nun and saint (b. 1850)
- 1918 » Aristeidis Moraitinis, Greek lieutenant and pilot (b. 1891)
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