Genealogy van der Wal en Reijns » Geert Jannes Witvoet (1836-1915)
Personal data Geert Jannes Witvoet
- He was born on December 19, 1836 in Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland.
- He died on May 19, 1915 in Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland, he was 78 years old.
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Birthday December 19, 1836
- The temperature on December 19, 1836 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken mistig. 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 1836: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- March 2 » Texas Revolution: The Declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico is adopted.
- March 27 » Texas Revolution: On the orders of General Antonio López de Santa Anna, the Mexican army massacres 342 Texas POWs at Goliad, Texas.
- May 14 » The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.
- July 29 » Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France.
- August 17 » British parliament accepts registration of births, marriages and deaths
- December 28 » South Australia and Adelaide are founded.
Day of death May 19, 1915
- The temperature on May 19, 1915 was between 9.3 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
- February 19 » World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli.
- March 20 » Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
- May 7 » World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many former pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire.
- May 9 » World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
- June 29 » The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
- August 4 » World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915.
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- 1907 » Benjamin Baker, English engineer, designed the Forth Bridge (b. 1840)
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