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Personal data Jan Willems NIEUWENHUIS 


Household of Jan Willems NIEUWENHUIS

He is married to Oktje SMIT.

They got married on November 30, 1815 at Uithuistermeeden, Eemsmond, Groningen, Netherlands, he was 24 years old.

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  • The temperature on May 1, 1791 was about 14.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly east. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1791: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 3 » The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
    • May 15 » French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance.
    • August 4 » The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.
    • August 7 » American troops destroy the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua near the site of present-day Logansport, Indiana in the Northwest Indian War.
    • August 14 » Slaves from plantations in Saint-Domingue hold a Vodou ceremony led by houngan Dutty Boukman at Bois Caïman, marking the start of the Haitian Revolution.
    • December 15 » The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.
  • The temperature on June 20, 1850 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
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    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 Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1850: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • March 5 » The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened.
    • May 15 » The Arana–Southern Treaty is ratified, ending "the existing differences" between Great Britain and Argentina.
    • July 10 » U.S. President Millard Fillmore is sworn in, a day after becoming president upon Zachary Taylor's death.
    • November 24 » Danish troops defeat a Schleswig-Holstein force in the town of Lottorf, Schleswig-Holstein.
    • November 29 » The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, is signed in Olomouc. Prussia capitulates to Austria, which will take over the leadership of the German Confederation.
    • December 16 » The Charlotte Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton, New Zealand.


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