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Personal data Petrus Franciscus Gys 


Household of Petrus Franciscus Gys

(1) He is married to Anna Catharina Gerstmans.

They got married on May 10, 1873 at Turnhout, he was 26 years old.


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(2) He is married to Maria Theresa Deweerdt.

They got married on November 27, 1871 at Turnhout, he was 24 years old.


(3) He is married to Maria Ludovica Wygers.

They got married May 1892 at Turnhout, he was 45 years old.

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Birthday January 11, 1847

  • The temperature on January 11, 1847 was about -6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
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    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 year 1847: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • July 26 » Liberia declares its independence.
    • September 12 » Mexican–American War: the Battle of Chapultepec begins.
    • October 9 » Slavery in the British and French Caribbean: Slavery is abolished in Saint Barthélemy.
    • November 10 » The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked in thick fog off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 92 of the 110 on board. The disaster results in the construction of the Fastnet Rock lighthouse.
    • November 29 » Whitman massacre: Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War.
    • December 5 » Jefferson Davis is elected to the U.S. Senate.

Day of marriage November 27, 1871

  • The temperature on November 27, 1871 was about 1.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 21 » Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
    • May 28 » The Paris Commune falls after two months.
    • July 29 » The Connecticut Valley Railroad opens between Old Saybrook, Connecticut and Hartford, Connecticut in the United States.
    • July 30 » The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
    • October 8 » The Great Chicago Fire and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire break out.
    • October 12 » The British in India enact the Criminal Tribes Act, naming many local communities "Criminal Tribes".

Day of death April 4, 1919

  • The temperature on April 4, 1919 was between -2.6 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 1919: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
    • January 31 » The Battle of George Square takes place in Glasgow, Scotland, during a campaign for shorter working hours.
    • February 5 » Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D. W. Griffith launch United Artists.
    • February 14 » The Polish–Soviet War begins.
    • June 21 » Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet at Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed are the last casualties of World War I.
    • September 28 » Race riots begin in Omaha, Nebraska.
    • October 7 » KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.


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