Family tree Eilander » Jan van Geelkerken (1793-1865)

Personal data Jan van Geelkerken 


Household of Jan van Geelkerken

He is married to Gerhardina Harmanna Rietberg.

They got married on March 6, 1817 at Arnhem, he was 24 years old.

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Historical events

Christening day July 27, 1793

  • The temperature on July 27, 1793 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. 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 1793: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 1 » French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
    • March 18 » Flanders Campaign of the French Revolution, Battle of Neerwinden.
    • May 23 » Battle of Famars during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
    • June 2 » French Revolution: François Hanriot, leader of the Parisian National Guard, arrests 22 Girondists selected by Jean-Paul Marat, setting the stage for the Reign of Terror.
    • September 17 » War of the Pyrenees: France defeats a Spanish force at the Battle of Peyrestortes.
    • October 13 » French Revolutionary Wars: Austro-Prussian victory over Republican France at the First Battle of Wissembourg.

Day of death January 26, 1865

  • The temperature on January 26, 1865 was about -2.4 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 1 » President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
    • March 3 » Opening of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group.
    • May 17 » The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris.
    • July 27 » Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
    • August 12 » Joseph Lister, British surgeon and scientist, performs 1st antiseptic surgery.
    • December 1 » Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.


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