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Household of Dirk Geerts van der Meer

He is married to Sjoerdje Willems Boorsma.

They got married on February 22, 1890 at Tietjerksteradeel, he was 33 years old.

Huwelijksakte Tietjerksteradeel, 1890
Man: Dirk Geerts van der Meer
Vrouw: Sjoerdtje Boorsma
Datum: 22 februari 1890 Akte nr. 7

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Birthday December 19, 1856

  • The temperature on December 19, 1856 was about 6.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1856: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 29 » Queen Victoria issues a Warrant under the Royal sign-manual that establishes the Victoria Cross to recognise acts of valour by British military personnel during the Crimean War.
    • March 30 » The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Crimean War.
    • May 21 » Lawrence, Kansas is captured and burned by pro-slavery forces.
    • May 22 » Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina severely beats Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate for a speech Sumner had made regarding Southerners and slavery.
    • June 9 » Five hundred Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa for the Mormon Trail.
    • September 2 » The Tianjing incident takes place in Nanjing, China.

Day of marriage February 22, 1890

  • The temperature on February 22, 1890 was about 2.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1890: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • April 7 » Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
    • April 14 » The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
    • August 7 » Anna Månsdotter became the last woman to be executed in Sweden for the 1889 Yngsjö murder.
    • September 12 » Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
    • November 4 » City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
    • December 15 » Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation, leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre.

Day of death June 17, 1931

  • The temperature on June 17, 1931 was between 10.1 °C and 24.0 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
    • February 3 » The Hawke's Bay earthquake, New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258.
    • March 19 » Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
    • April 14 » The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.
    • May 7 » The stand-off between criminal Francis Crowley and 300 members of the New York Police Department takes place in his fifth-floor apartment on West 91st Street, New York City.
    • May 29 » Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
    • October 1 » Clara Campoamor persuades the Constituent Cortes to enfranchise women in Spain's new constitution.


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