Family tree of Spijk and her many ancestors » Martina Drop (1859-1953)

Christening day January 23, 1859

• The temperature on January 23, 1859 was about 6.4 °C. The air pressure was 23 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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).
• From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
• In the year 1859: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
  • April 25 » British and French engineers break ground for the Suez Canal.
  • May 4 » The Cornwall Railway opens across the Royal Albert Bridge linking Devon and Cornwall in England.
  • July 8 » King Charles XV & IV accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.
  • July 30 » First ascent of Grand Combin, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
  • August 28 » The Carrington event is the strongest geomagnetic storm on record to strike the Earth. Electrical telegraph service is widely disrupted.
  • October 26 » The Royal Charter Storm kills at least eight hundred people in the British Isles.

Day of marriage November 9, 1881

• The temperature on November 9, 1881 was about 9.8 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1881: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • June 13 » The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
  • June 29 » In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
  • July 14 » Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
  • November 7 » Mapuche rebels attack the Chilean settlement of Nueva Imperial, as defenders fled to the hills and the settlement was effectively destroyed.
  • November 19 » A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.
  • December 4 » The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.

Day of death February 11, 1953

• The temperature on February 11, 1953 was between 1.1 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 7.0 mm of rain during 10.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
  • January 14 » Josip Broz Tito is inaugurated as the first President of Yugoslavia.
  • June 17 » Cold War: East Germany Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.
  • August 17 » Addiction: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous takes place, in Southern California.
  • November 9 » Cambodia gains independence from France.
  • November 23 » Pilot Felix Moncla and Lieutenant Robert Wilson disappear while in pursuit of a mysterious craft over Lake Superior.
  • December 6 » Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel Lolita.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1947 » Martin Klein, Estonian wrestler and coach (b. 1884)
• 1948 » Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1898)
• 1949 » Axel Munthe, Swedish doctor (b. 1857)
• 1958 » Ernest Jones, Welsh neurologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1879)
• 1963 » John Olof Dahlgren, Swedish-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1872)
• 1963 » Sylvia Plath, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1932)