Genealogy Pot en Smit » CORNELIS van der GIESSEN (1866-1921)
Personal data CORNELIS van der GIESSEN
- He was born on April 16, 1866 in KRIMPEN AAN DEN IJSSEL.Source 1
Tijdstip: 21:00
- Profession: MACHINEFABRIKANT (1892), ZONDER BEROEP (1921).
- He died on July 25, 1921 in ARNHEM, he was 55 years old.Source 2
Tijdstip: 07:00
- A child of KORNELIS van der GIESSEN and PETRONELLA MARIA OTTO
- This information was last updated on April 14, 2014.
Household of CORNELIS van der GIESSEN
He is married to GERARDA BERNARDINA THEODORA BASTIAANSE.
They got married on August 27, 1891 at UTRECHT, he was 25 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
- CORNELIS van der GIESSEN 1892-1892
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Relationship CORNELIS van der GIESSEN
- CORNELIS van der GIESSEN is the 3rd great grandson of PIETER van de GIESSE:
Sources
- ARCHIEF GEMEENTE KRIMPEN AAN DEN IJSSEL, akte 16
- ARCHIEF GEMEENTE ARNHEM, akte 508
- ARCHIEF GEMEENTE UTRECHT, akte 413
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Birthday April 16, 1866
- The temperature on April 16, 1866 was about 15.1 °C. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from February 10, 1866 to June 1, 1866 the cabinet Fransen van de Putte, with I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal) as prime minister.
- From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
- In the year 1866: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- January 18 » Wesley College is established in Melbourne, Australia.
- February 16 » Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes British Secretary of State for War.
- April 4 » Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Dmitry Karakozov in the city of Saint Petersburg.
- April 6 » The Grand Army of the Republic, an American patriotic organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War, is founded. It lasts until 1956.
- May 16 » The United States Congress establishes the nickel.
- August 23 » Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague.
Day of marriage August 27, 1891
- The temperature on August 27, 1891 was about 19.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 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 Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- February 15 » Allmänna Idrottsklubben (AIK) (Swedish Sports Club) is founded.
- March 17 » SSUtopia collides with HMSAnson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
- May 5 » The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
- May 15 » Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
- May 20 » History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
- December 22 » Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.
Day of death July 25, 1921
- The temperature on July 25, 1921 was between 9.7 °C and 25.4 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 3 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
- February 12 » Bolsheviks launch a revolt in Georgia as a preliminary to the Red Army invasion of Georgia.
- July 2 » World War I: U.S. President Warren G. Harding signs the Knox–Porter Resolution formally ending the war between the United States and Germany.
- July 22 » Rif War: The Spanish Army suffers its worst military defeat in modern times to the Berbers of the Rif region of Spanish Morocco.
- September 8 » Margaret Gorman, a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.
- September 21 » A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500–600 people.
- October 8 » KDKA in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game.
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