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Personal data Wilhelmus Rijkers 

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Household of Wilhelmus Rijkers

He is married to Adriana van Eert (Eerdt).

They got married on November 15, 1869 at Veghel, he was 27 years old.

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  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, via https://www.myheritage.com/research/coll...

    Wilhelmus Rijkers
    Gender: Male
    Birth: Apr 1 1842
    Marriage: Spouse: Adriana Van Eerdt - Nov 15 1869 - Veghel
    Death: Nov 15 1924
    Wife: Adriana Van Eerdt

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  2. rijkers Web Site, ser rijkers, January 4, 2020
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  3. van Engelen/ van de Beek, Elisabeth Seager, May 22, 2019
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  4. Familie Van Hoof-ter Horst Web Site, Patrick van Hoof, Wilhelmus Rijkers, December 24, 2015
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Historical events

Birthday April 1, 1842

  • The temperature on April 1, 1842 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen storm(achtig). 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 year 1842: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • March 9 » Giuseppe Verdi's third opera, Nabucco, receives its première performance in Milan; its success establishes Verdi as one of Italy's foremost opera composers.
    • March 28 » First concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Otto Nicolai.
    • May 8 » A train derails and catches fire in Paris, killing between 52 and 200 people.
    • May 30 » John Francis attempts to murder Queen Victoria as she drives down Constitution Hill in London with Prince Albert.
    • August 14 » American Indian Wars: Second Seminole War ends, with the Seminoles forced from Florida to Oklahoma.
    • December 7 » First concert of the New York Philharmonic, founded by Ureli Corelli Hill.

Day of death November 15, 1924

  • The temperature on November 15, 1924 was between -4.7 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged -1.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
    • March 3 » The 407-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished, when Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman Caliphate is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
    • March 3 » The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
    • April 15 » Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.
    • May 8 » The Klaipėda Convention is signed formally incorporating Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) into Lithuania.
    • June 26 » The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years.
    • November 23 » Edwin Hubble's discovery, that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way, is first published in The New York Times.


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