Family tree Van Dijk » Otto van Dijk (1826-1887)
Personal data Otto van Dijk
Source 1- He was born on June 10, 1826 in Rhenen, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Attention: Was older than 90 years (128) when married (September 9, 1954). - He died on January 18, 1887 in Rhenen, Utrecht, Netherlands, he was 60 years old.
Attention: Died (January 18, 1887) before marriage (September 9, 1954). - A child of Jacob van Dijk and Aartje (Otje) van Dijk [van Veenendaal]
Household of Otto van Dijk
He is married to Henderina van Druten.
They got married on September 9, 1954 at Rhenen, Utrecht, Netherlands.
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Otto van Dijk
Birth name: Otto van Dijk
Gender: Male
Birth: June 10 1826 - Rhenen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Marriage: Spouse: Hendrina van Druten - Sep 9 1854 - Rhenen, Utrecht, Netherlands
Death: Jan 18 1887 - Rhenen, Utrecht, Netherlands
Parents: Jacob Van Dijk, Otje Van Dijk (born Van Veenendaal)
Wife: Hendrina van Dijk (born van Druten)
Children: Peter Brandsen van Dijk, Gerrit van Dijk, Hendrina van Dijk, Jacob van Dijk
Siblings: Jacob van Dijk, Catharina Zwieserijn (born van Dijk), Dirk van Dijk, Willem Van DijkThe FamilySearch Family Tree is published by MyHeritage under license from FamilySearch International, the largest genealogy organization in the world. FamilySearch is a nonprofit organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church).
Historical events
Birthday June 10, 1826
- The temperature on June 10, 1826 was about 25.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 year 1826: Source: Wikipedia
- February 24 » The signing of the Treaty of Yandabo marks the end of the First Anglo-Burmese War.
- April 10 » The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town of Missolonghi begin leaving the town after a year's siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.
- September 11 » Captain William Morgan, an ex-freemason is arrested in Batavia, New York for debt after declaring that he would publish The Mysteries of Free Masonry, a book against Freemasonry. This sets into motion the events that lead to his mysterious disappearance.
- October 7 » The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.
- November 25 » The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy.
- December 21 » American settlers in Nacogdoches, Mexican Texas, declare their independence, starting the Fredonian Rebellion.
Day of marriage September 9, 1954
- The temperature on September 9, 1954 was between 12.8 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (7%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 1954: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
- January 20 » In the United States, the National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
- February 19 » Transfer of Crimea: The Soviet Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the transfer of the Crimean Oblast from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR.
- February 23 » The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.
- April 22 » Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins.
- June 18 » Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.
- October 27 » Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.
Day of death January 18, 1887
- The temperature on January 18, 1887 was about -5.5 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- February 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
- February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
- May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
- June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
- October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
- November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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