Genealogy Van Dijken » Gerrit Jan van Dijk (1859-1929)

Personal data Gerrit Jan van Dijk 


Household of Gerrit Jan van Dijk

He is married to Clara van den Berg.

They got married on March 12, 1884 at Rhenen, he was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Eijmert van Dijk  1884-????
  2. Florus van Dijk  1886-1960
  3. Jan Gerrit van Dijk  1887-????
  5. Jannetje van Dijk  1892-????
  6. Anna van Dijk  1894-????
  7. Gerrit Jan van Dijk  1896-± 1970
  8. Willemina van Dijk  1898-1975
  9. Gerritje van Dijk  1900-1961 

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Historical events

Birthday July 6, 1859

  • The temperature on July 6, 1859 was about 24.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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).
  • From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
  • In the year 1859: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • March 2 » The two-day Great Slave Auction, the largest such auction in United States history, begins.
    • April 4 » Bryant's Minstrels debut "Dixie" in New York City in the finale of a blackface minstrel show.
    • May 4 » The Cornwall Railway opens across the Royal Albert Bridge linking Devon and Cornwall in England.
    • June 15 » Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the "Northwestern Boundary Dispute" between American and British/Canadian settlers.
    • June 18 » First ascent of Aletschhorn, second summit of the Bernese Alps.
    • December 2 » Militant abolitionist leader John Brown is hanged for his October 16 raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

Day of marriage March 12, 1884

  • The temperature on March 12, 1884 was about 4.8 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 1884: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
    • February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
    • March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
    • April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
    • May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
    • October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.

Day of death March 13, 1929

  • The temperature on March 13, 1929 was between 0.2 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • 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 1929: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
    • May 15 » A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
    • June 1 » The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires.
    • August 8 » The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight.
    • September 24 » Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.
    • October 18 » The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overrules the Supreme Court of Canada in Edwards v. Canada when it declares that women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law.
    • November 18 » Grand Banks earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on the Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula.


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