Phoppe Simons » Gerrit Dirksen van Urk (-1790)

Personal data Gerrit Dirksen van Urk 


Household of Gerrit Dirksen van Urk

He is married to Geertje Peters.

They were married in church on November 3, 1786 at Harderwijk.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerrit Dirksen van Urk

Gerrit Dirksen van Urk
-1790

1786

Geertje Peters
-1832


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Historical events

Christening day October 14, 1759

  • The temperature on October 14, 1759 was about 12.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1759: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 15 » The British Museum opens to the public.
    • July 25 » French and Indian War: In Western New York, British forces capture Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé.
    • September 13 » Battle of the Plains of Abraham: the British defeat the French near Quebec City in the Seven Years' War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War.
    • September 18 » French and Indian War: The Articles of Capitulation of Quebec are signed.
    • November 25 » An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000.
    • December 31 » Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness.

Day of marriage November 3, 1786

  • The temperature on November 3, 1786 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1786: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 16 » Virginia enacts the Statute for Religious Freedom authored by Thomas Jefferson.
    • June 10 » A landslide dam on the Dadu River created by an earthquake ten days earlier collapses, killing 100,000 in the Sichuan province of China.
    • June 29 » Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.
    • August 11 » Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia.
    • November 30 » The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo I, becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty (later commemorated as Cities for Life Day).
    • December 4 » Mission Santa Barbara is dedicated (on the feast day of Saint Barbara).

Day of death October 20, 1790

  • The temperature on October 20, 1790 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1790: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 29 » Rhode Island becomes the last of North America's original Thirteen Colonies to ratify the Constitution and become one of the United States.
    • July 9 » The Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian Baltic fleet.
    • July 12 » The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly.
    • July 14 » French Revolution: Citizens of Paris celebrate the unity of the French people and the national reconciliation in the Fête de la Fédération.
    • July 31 » The first U.S. patent is issued, to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process.
    • December 31 » Efimeris, the oldest Greek newspaper of which issues have survived till today, is published for the first time.


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About the surname Dirksen van Urk


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