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Personal data Willemijna van Heeswijk
- She was born on August 17, 1837 in Heeswijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland.
- She died on November 23, 1919 in Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, she was 82 years old.
- A child of Johannes van Heeswijk and Margaritha van de Groenendaal
Household of Willemijna van Heeswijk
She is married to Joannes Rovers.
They got married on July 20, 1861 at Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, she was 23 years old.Source 1
Child(ren):
- Johanna Rovers ± 1862-????
- Geertrui Rovers 1874-????
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Birthday August 17, 1837
- The temperature on August 17, 1837 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt donder weerlicht. 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 1837: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- May 3 » The University of Athens is founded in Athens, Greece.
- June 20 » Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.
- July 1 » A system of civil registration of births, marriages and deaths is established in England and Wales.
- September 18 » Tiffany & Co. (first named Tiffany & Young) is founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy Young in New York City. The store is called a "stationery and fancy goods emporium".
- December 7 » The Battle of Montgomery's Tavern, the only battle of the Upper Canada Rebellion, takes place in Toronto, where the rebels are quickly defeated.
- December 17 » A fire in the Winter Palace of Saint Petersburg kills 30 guards.
Day of marriage July 20, 1861
- The temperature on July 20, 1861 was about 21.5 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. 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.
- January 3 » American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States.
- January 19 » American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession from the United States.
- February 23 » President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland.
- March 10 » El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Ségou, destroying the Bamana Empire of Mali.
- April 29 » American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.
- May 13 » American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the Confederacy as having belligerent rights.
Day of death November 23, 1919
- The temperature on November 23, 1919 was between 6.5 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
- April 13 » Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British Indian Army troops lead by Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer killed approx 379-1000 unarmed demonstrators including men and women in Amritsar, India; and approximately 1,500 injured.
- July 13 » The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight.
- September 11 » United States Marine Corps invades Honduras.
- October 7 » KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
- October 16 » Adolf Hitler delivers his first public address at a meeting of the German Workers' Party.
- December 26 » Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee, allegedly establishing the Curse of the Bambino superstition.
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