Descendants Hemerik-Broekhuizen-Huner-Koper-Barink » Gerrit van der Ark (1870-1912)

Personal data Gerrit van der Ark 


Household of Gerrit van der Ark

He is married to Elisabeth Wilhelmina van Koperen.

They got married on September 5, 1894 at Leiden, he was 24 years old.


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Historical events

Birthday April 16, 1870

  • The temperature on April 16, 1870 was about 15.4 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 23 » Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
    • May 12 » The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
    • June 22 » The United States Department of Justice is created by the U.S. Congress.
    • August 24 » The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
    • September 4 » Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
    • September 18 » Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn.

Day of marriage September 5, 1894

  • The temperature on September 5, 1894 was about 13.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1894: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • March 22 » The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.
    • July 4 » The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole.
    • July 22 » The first ever motor race is held in France between the cities of Paris and Rouen. The fastest finisher was the Comte Jules-Albert de Dion, but the 'official' victory was awarded to Albert Lemaître driving his 3hp petrol engined Peugeot.
    • August 1 » The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.
    • September 15 » First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats Qing dynasty China in the Battle of Pyongyang.
    • December 22 » The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.

Day of death May 11, 1912

  • The temperature on May 11, 1912 was between 7.1 °C and 25.1 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1912: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 1 » The Republic of China is established.
    • January 4 » The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.
    • February 14 » Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
    • August 6 » The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
    • October 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
    • December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.

About the surname Van der Ark


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