Genealogy van der Wal en Reijns » Geertje Jans (1768-1846)

Personal data Geertje Jans 


Household of Geertje Jans

She is married to Pyter Jelles Bruinsma.

They got married on March 1, 1789 at Kubaard, Nederland, she was 20 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Jelle Pieters Bruinsma  1789-1851 
  2. Jan Pieters Bruinsma  1791-1875 

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Historical events

Birthday August 31, 1768

  • The temperature on August 31, 1768 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: donker regen. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1768: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 10 » Rioting occurs in London after John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III.
    • June 21 » James Otis Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.
    • November 5 » Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the purpose of which is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies.
    • December 1 » The former slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøya in Norway.
    • December 10 » The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
    • December 28 » King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.

Christening day August 7, 1791

  • The temperature on August 7, 1791 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1791: Source: Wikipedia
    • July 14 » The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England.
    • August 22 » Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.
    • August 26 » John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
    • September 13 » King Louis XVI of France accepts the new constitution.
    • September 14 » The Papal States lose Avignon to Revolutionary France.
    • October 1 » First session of the French Legislative Assembly.

Day of marriage March 1, 1789

  • The temperature on March 1, 1789 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw regen. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1789: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 4 » George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
    • May 5 » In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
    • August 26 » The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.
    • September 24 » The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act, creating the office of the Attorney General and federal judiciary system and ordering the composition of the Supreme Court.
    • September 29 » The 1st United States Congress adjourns.
    • December 11 » The University of North Carolina is chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly.

Day of death November 13, 1846

  • The temperature on November 13, 1846 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken. 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 1846: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • January 23 » Slavery in Tunisia is abolished.
    • February 19 » In Austin, Texas the newly formed Texas state government is officially installed. The Republic of Texas government officially transfers power to the State of Texas government following the annexation of Texas by the United States.
    • May 23 » Mexican–American War: President Mariano Paredes of Mexico unofficially declares war on the United States.
    • June 16 » The Papal conclave of 1846 elects Pope Pius IX, beginning the longest reign in the history of the papacy.
    • July 7 » US troops occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the US conquest of California.
    • September 24 » Mexican–American War: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey.


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