Family tree of Spijk and her many ancestors » Leentje van Houten (1851-1918)
Personal data Leentje van Houten
- She was born on April 3, 1851 in Katwijk, ZH, NL.Source 1
- She died on December 17, 1918 in Katwijk, ZH, NL, she was 67 years old.Source 1
- A child of Cornelis Klaasz van Houten and Leuntje Hoek
Household of Leentje van Houten
She is married to Maarten Vooijs.
They got married on December 2, 1875 at Katwijk, ZH, NL, she was 24 years old.Source 2
Child(ren):
- Cornelis Vooijs 1876-1876
- Leentje Vooijs 1879-1933
- Dirkje Vooijs 1882-1915
- Lena Vooijs 1884-1887
- Harmen Vooijs 1886-1898
- Maarten Vooijs 1888-????
Event (huw info).Source 2
getuigen bij huwelijk; Dirk Vooijs 28j tuinman broer, Jacob Vlieland 25j zeeman zwager, Jan Driebergen 24j arbeider, Klaas van Houten 30j arbeider broer alle KaZ, ambtenaar M.J. Burgersdijk.
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- Katwijk 1875 hw49
Historical events
Birthday April 3, 1851
- The temperature on April 3, 1851 was about 7.3 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 1851: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
- January 28 » Northwestern University becomes the first chartered university in Illinois.
- September 15 » Saint Joseph's University is founded in Philadelphia.
- October 18 » Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is first published as The Whale by Richard Bentley of London.
- October 24 » William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel and Ariel orbiting Uranus.
- December 22 » India's first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India.
- December 24 » The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., burns.
Day of marriage December 2, 1875
- The temperature on December 2, 1875 was about -5.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 year 1875: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- March 15 » Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.
- April 4 » Vltava, composed by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana and also known by its German name Die Moldau, premiered in Prague.
- July 9 » The Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule begins, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans.
- August 22 » The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
- September 27 » The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool.
- December 4 » Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.
Day of death December 17, 1918
- The temperature on December 17, 1918 was between 1.7 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- 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 1918: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
- June 1 » World War I: Western Front: Battle of Belleau Wood: Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord engage Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince.
- August 16 » The Battle of Lake Baikal was fought between the Czechoslovak Legion and the Red Army.
- October 8 » World War I: Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132 for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
- November 11 » Emperor Charles I of Austria relinquishes power.
- November 11 » Józef Piłsudski assumes supreme military power in Poland - symbolic first day of Polish independence.
- December 14 » The 1918 United Kingdom general election occurs, the first where women were permitted to vote.
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- 1917 » Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)
- 1927 » Rajendra Lahiri, Indian activist (b. 1892)
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- 1929 » Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal (b. 1863)
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