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Personal data Willem de Rover
- He was born on January 28, 1842 in Giessendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland.Source 1
- Birth registration on January 29, 1842.Source 1
- He died on December 8, 1906 in Giessendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, he was 64 years old.Source 2
- Death registration on December 10, 1906.Source 2
- A child of Arie de Rover and Jannigje den Boer
- This information was last updated on May 8, 2011.
Household of Willem de Rover
He is married to Neeltje van der Zouwen.
They got married on November 11, 1865 at Giessen-Nieuwkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, he was 23 years old.
Child(ren):
- Lena de Rover 1867-1868
- Jannigje de Rover ± 1868-1869
- Pieter de Rover 1871-1871
- Pieter de Rover 1872-1875
- Jannigje de Rover 1873-1875
- Gerrit de Rover 1875-1875
- Pieternella de Rover 1876-1877
- Jannigje Pieternella de Rover 1882-1882
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Birthday January 28, 1842
- The temperature on January 28, 1842 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 1842: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
- February 7 » Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien.
- May 8 » A train derails and catches fire in Paris, killing between 52 and 200 people.
- August 1 » The Lombard Street riot erupts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
- August 9 » The Webster–Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States–Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains.
- August 14 » American Indian Wars: Second Seminole War ends, with the Seminoles forced from Florida to Oklahoma.
- November 26 » The University of Notre Dame is founded.
Day of marriage November 11, 1865
- The temperature on November 11, 1865 was about 8.3 °C. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- March 2 » East Cape War: The Völkner Incident in New Zealand.
- March 25 » American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union.
- April 12 » American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union Army.
- May 9 » American Civil War: President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation ending belligerent rights of the rebels and enjoining foreign nations to intern or expel Confederate ships.
- July 21 » In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first western showdown.
- December 24 » Jonathan Shank and Barry Ownby form The Ku Klux Klan.
Day of death December 8, 1906
- The temperature on December 8, 1906 was between -3.8 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 0.2 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
- February 18 » Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
- September 12 » The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.
- September 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.
- September 25 » Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.
- November 9 » Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.
- December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
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