Family tree Ro(o)vers » Johannes Baptist Roovers (1855-1938)
Personal data Johannes Baptist Roovers
- He was born on January 4, 1855 in Gestel en Blaarthem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland.Source 1
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- Birth registration on January 5, 1855.Source 1
- Profession: Sigarenmaker.
- He died on August 28, 1938 in Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland, he was 83 years old.Source 2
- Death registration on August 29, 1938.Source 2
- A child of Gerardus Rovers and Catharina Nijssen
- This information was last updated on November 11, 2023.
Household of Johannes Baptist Roovers
He is married to Johanna Maria van Veen.
They got married on June 17, 1885 at Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland, he was 30 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
- Gerardus Roovers 1889-< 1985
- Hendrik Roovers 1891-????
- Catharina Roovers ± 1895-1949
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Historical events
Birthday January 4, 1855
- The temperature on January 4, 1855 was about 4.4 °C. The air pressure was 1.2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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).
- 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 1855: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
- January 28 » A locomotive on the Panama Canal Railway runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean for the first time.
- February 12 » Michigan State University is established.
- June 1 » The American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua.
- July 4 » The first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems, Leaves of Grass, is published In Brooklyn.
- August 1 » The first ascent of Monte Rosa, the second highest summit in the Alps.
- September 9 » Crimean War: The Siege of Sevastopol comes to an end when Russian forces abandon the city.
Day of marriage June 17, 1885
- The temperature on June 17, 1885 was about 12.7 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
- March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
- August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
- August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
- September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
- October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
Day of death August 28, 1938
- The temperature on August 28, 1938 was between 8.8 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
- April 25 » U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
- July 10 » Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
- September 30 » Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
- November 1 » Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
- November 16 » LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.
- December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.
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- 1934 » Edgeworth David, Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (b. 1858)
- 1937 » George Prendergast, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Victoria (b. 1854)
- 1943 » Boris III of Bulgaria (b. 1894)
- 1943 » Georg Hellat, Estonian architect (b. 1870)
- 1955 » Emmett Till, American murder victim (b. 1941)
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