Family tree Ro(o)vers » Jan Roovers (1836-1903)
Personal data Jan Roovers
- He was born on September 6, 1836 in Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland.
- He died on January 5, 1903 in Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, he was 66 years old.
- A child of Johannes Roovers and Anna Gisbergen
Household of Jan Roovers
He is married to Cornelia de Jongh.
They got married on August 22, 1861 at Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, he was 24 years old.Source 1
Child(ren):
- Johanna Roovers 1863-1864
- Johannes Jacobus Roovers 1866-1950
- Johanna Maria Roovers 1875-1941
- Antonia Maria Cornelis Roovers 1876-1878
- Jacobus Adrianus Roovers 1880-1935
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Historical events
Birthday September 6, 1836
- The temperature on September 6, 1836 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt winderig regen. 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 1836: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- March 6 » Texas Revolution: Battle of the Alamo: After a thirteen-day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers, including frontiersman Davy Crockett and colonel Jim Bowie, defending the Alamo are killed and the fort is captured.
- March 27 » Texas Revolution: On the orders of General Antonio López de Santa Anna, the Mexican army massacres 342 Texas POWs at Goliad, Texas.
- May 14 » The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.
- May 15 » Francis Baily observes "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse.
- September 5 » Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
- September 11 » The Riograndense Republic is proclaimed by rebels after defeating Empire of Brazil's troops in the Battle of Seival, during the Ragamuffin War.
Day of marriage August 22, 1861
- The temperature on August 22, 1861 was about 18.0 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
- From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
- In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- February 13 » Italian unification: The Siege of Gaeta ends with the capitulation of the defending fortress, effectively bringing an end of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
- April 13 » American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces.
- May 29 » The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce is founded, in Hong Kong.
- August 6 » Britain imposes the Lagos Treaty of Cession to suppress slavery in what is now Nigeria.
- September 3 » American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
- December 4 » The 109 Electors of the several states of the Confederate States of America unanimously elect Jefferson Davis as President and Alexander H. Stephens as Vice President.
Day of death January 5, 1903
- The temperature on January 5, 1903 was between 4.1 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. 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 1903: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
- January 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
- May 29 » In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
- June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
- June 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
- July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
- October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
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- 1838 » Samuel Arnold, American conspirator († 1906)
- 1852 » Schalk Willem Burger, South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of the South African Republic († 1918)
- 1855 » Ferdinand Hummel, German pianist, composer, and conductor († 1928)
- 1885 » Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar (b. 1812)
- 1888 » Henri Herz, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1803)
- 1899 » Ezra Otis Kendall, American professor, astronomer and mathematician (b. 1818)
- 1904 » Karl Alfred von Zittel, German paleontologist and geologist (b. 1839)
- 1910 » Léon Walras, French-Swiss economist and academic (b. 1834)
- 1917 » Isobel Lilian Gloag, English painter (b. 1865)
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