Family tree Diverse » Gerrit Blankestijn (1839-1917)
Personal data Gerrit Blankestijn
- He was born on December 25, 1839 in Amerongen, Gemeente Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Utrecht, Nederland.
- He died on June 25, 1917 in Doorn, Gemeente Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Utrecht, Nederland, he was 77 years old.
- Death registration.Source 1
- A child of Gerrit Blankestijn and Jannigje Lodder
- This information was last updated on July 26, 2017.
Household of Gerrit Blankestijn
(1) He is married to Johanna van Beek.
They got married on July 17, 1869 at Amerongen, Gemeente Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Utrecht, Nederland, he was 29 years old.Source 2
Child(ren):
- Gerrit Blankestijn 1870-1870
- Gerrit Blankestijn 1874-1875
- Gerarda Blankestijn 1876-1881
- Gijsbert Blankestijn 1878-1878
- Gerrit Blankestijn 1881-1947
(2) He is married to Neeltje van Beek.
They got married on November 30, 1892 at Amerongen, Gemeente Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Utrecht, Nederland, he was 52 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
- Dirk Jan Blankestijn 1893-????
- N.N. Blankestijn 1895
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Historical events
Birthday December 25, 1839
- The temperature on December 25, 1839 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt winderig bui. 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 year 1839: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- June 14 » Henley Royal Regatta: the village of Henley-on-Thames, on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, stages its first regatta.
- June 22 » Cherokee leaders Major Ridge, John Ridge, and Elias Boudinot are assassinated for signing the Treaty of New Echota, which had resulted in the Trail of Tears.
- July 2 » Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 kidnapped Africans led by Joseph Cinqué mutiny and take over the slave ship Amistad.
- August 23 » The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares for the First Opium War with Qing China.
- September 4 » Battle of Kowloon: British vessels open fire on Chinese war junks enforcing a food sales embargo on the British community in China in the first armed conflict of the First Opium War.
- November 27 » In Boston, Massachusetts, the American Statistical Association is founded.
Day of marriage November 30, 1892
- The temperature on November 30, 1892 was about 4.9 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 15 » James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
- July 8 » St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
- July 26 » Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
- September 28 » The first night game for American football takes place in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.
- December 17 » First issue of Vogue is published.
- December 18 » Premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Day of death June 25, 1917
- The temperature on June 25, 1917 was between 10.3 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- March 16 » World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.
- March 26 » World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
- June 11 » King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
- October 12 » World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New Zealand history.
- October 13 » The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
- October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
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