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Personal data Gerard van der WAALS 


Household of Gerard van der WAALS

He is married to Louise Henriette HAZELHOFF ROELFZEMA.

They got married on August 11, 1881 at Amsterdam Noord-Holland Netherlands, he was 30 years old.


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Birthday April 13, 1851

  • The temperature on April 13, 1851 was about 7.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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 Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1851: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • February 6 » The largest Australian bushfires in a populous region in recorded history take place in the state of Victoria.
    • April 2 » Rama IV is crowned King of Thailand.
    • July 29 » Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia.
    • September 15 » Saint Joseph's University is founded in Philadelphia.
    • December 2 » French President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic.
    • December 9 » The first YMCA in North America is established in Montreal.

Day of marriage August 11, 1881

  • The temperature on August 11, 1881 was about 17.4 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1881: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 1 » The first Minnesota State Capitol burns down.
    • May 12 » In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
    • June 28 » The Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed.
    • July 1 » The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.
    • July 4 » In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
    • November 9 » Mapuche rebels attack the fortified Chilean settlement of Temuco.

Day of death July 4, 1911

  • The temperature on July 4, 1911 was between 3.8 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 14.5 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 26 » Glenn Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
    • September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
    • November 11 » Many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through.
    • November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.
    • December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
    • December 24 » Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.


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