Family tree of Spijk and her many ancestors » Jan Staal (1850-1940)
Personal data Jan Staal
- He was born on December 19, 1850 in Noordhorn, Westerkwartier, GR, NL.Sources 1, 2
- Profession: arbeider.Source 2
- He died on August 8, 1940 in Groningen, GR, NL, he was 89 years old.Source 3
- A child of Harm Roelofs Staal and Tjietske Strijkema
- This information was last updated on October 25, 2024.
Household of Jan Staal
He is married to Gelske Dam.
They got married on October 6, 1877 at Grijpskerk, Westerkwartier, GR, NL, he was 26 years old.Source 2
Child(ren):
- Tjitskelina Staal 1877-1897
- Jan Staal 1879-1898
- Harmke Staal 1882-1882
- Harm Staal 1883-1903
- Eeke Staal 1886-1962
- Janna Staal 1887-1952
- Doeke Staal 1890-????
- OG Staal 1892-1892
- OG Staal 1893-1893
- OG Staal 1895-1895
- Geessien Staal 1897-1897
- Jannes Staal 1899-1949
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Historical events
Birthday December 19, 1850
- The temperature on December 19, 1850 was about 2.0 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 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.
- April 4 » A large part of the English village of Cottenham burns to the ground in suspicious circumstances.
- April 4 » Los Angeles is incorporated as a city.
- July 9 » Persian prophet Báb is executed in Tabriz, Persia.
- September 29 » The papal bull Universalis Ecclesiae restores the Roman Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales.
- November 24 » Danish troops defeat a Schleswig-Holstein force in the town of Lottorf, Schleswig-Holstein.
- December 16 » The Charlotte Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton, New Zealand.
Day of marriage October 6, 1877
- The temperature on October 6, 1877 was about 13.0 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 44%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
- In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1877: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- January 20 » The last day of the Constantinople Conference results in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
- March 2 » Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the 1876 U.S. presidential election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote.
- July 14 » The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began in Martinsburg, West Virginia, when wages of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers were cut for the third time in a year. The strike was ended on Sept 4 by local and state militias, and federal troops.
- September 24 » The Battle of Shiroyama is a decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion.
- October 22 » The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners.
- November 24 » Anna Sewell's animal welfare novel Black Beauty is published.
Day of death August 8, 1940
- The temperature on August 8, 1940 was between 13.2 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
- January 7 » Winter War: Battle of Raate Road - The Finnish 9th Division finally defeat the numerically superior Soviet forces on the Raate-Suomussalmi road.
- May 25 » World War II: The German 2nd Panzer Division captures the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer; the surrender of the last French and British troops marks the end of the Battle of Boulogne.
- June 3 » World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris.
- August 20 » In Mexico City, exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded with an ice axe by Ramón Mercader. He dies the next day.
- September 12 » Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France.
- November 24 » World War II: The First Slovak Republic becomes a signatory to the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.
Same birth/death day
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- 1853 » Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec († 1942)
- 1861 » Italo Svevo, Italian author and playwright († 1928)
- 1863 » Wallace Bryant, American archer († 1953)
- 1865 » Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress and playwright († 1932)
- 1934 » Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1863)
- 1937 » Jimmie Guthrie, Scottish motorcycle racer (b. 1897)
- 1940 » Johnny Dodds, American clarinet player and saxophonist (b. 1892)
- 1944 » Erwin von Witzleben, German field marshal (b. 1881)
- 1944 » Michael Wittmann, German commander (b. 1914)
- 1947 » Anton Denikin, Russian general (b. 1872)
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