Family tree Ens » Gerrit Butter (1818-1879)
Personal data Gerrit Butter
- He was born on March 15, 1818 in Winkel.
- Profession: onderwijzer.
- He died on July 5, 1879 in Westwoud, he was 61 years old.
- A child of Klaas Butter and Guurtje Breeland
Household of Gerrit Butter
(1) He is married to Wijntje Lassche.
They got married on June 9, 1851 at Westwoud, he was 33 years old.
Child(ren):
- Klaas Butter 1852-1916
- Guurtje Butter 1855-1891
(2) He is married to Reintje Lassche.
They got married on August 6, 1863 at Westwoud, he was 45 years old.
Child(ren):
- Elisabeth Butter 1864-1887
- Gerrit Butter 1867-1867
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Historical events
Birthday March 15, 1818
- The temperature on March 15, 1818 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: betrokken regen winderig. 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 1818: Source: Wikipedia
- February 5 » Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.
- February 12 » Bernardo O'Higgins formally approves the Chilean Declaration of Independence near Concepción, Chile.
- April 5 » In the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement, led by Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San Martín, win a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead.
- April 16 » The United States Senate ratifies the Rush–Bagot Treaty, limiting naval armaments on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain.
- April 19 » French physicist Augustin Fresnel signs his preliminary "Note on the Theory of Diffraction" (deposited on the following day). The document ends with what we now call the Fresnel integrals.
- December 24 » The first performance of "Silent Night" takes place in the church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria.
Day of marriage August 6, 1863
- The temperature on August 6, 1863 was about 16.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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 1863: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- January 29 » The Bear River Massacre: A detachment of California Volunteers led by Colonel Patrick Edward Connor engage the Shoshone at Bear River, Washington Territory, killing hundreds of men, women and children.
- February 7 » HMSOrpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189.
- June 20 » American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.
- July 9 » American Civil War: The Siege of Port Hudson ends, giving the Union complete control of the Mississippi River.
- September 7 » American Civil War: Union troops under Quincy A. Gillmore captures Fort Wagner in Morris Island after a 7-week siege.
- November 23 » American Civil War: Battle of Chattanooga begins: Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and counter-attack Confederate troops.
Day of death July 5, 1879
- The temperature on July 5, 1879 was about 14.2 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- February 8 » The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked in a riot during a match in Sydney.
- March 29 » Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
- April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
- May 2 » The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Madrid by Pablo Iglesias.
- May 14 » The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
- September 3 » Siege of the British Residency in Kabul: British envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the Guides are massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in Kabul. Their heroism and loyalty became famous and revered throughout the British Empire.
Same birth/death day
- 1809 » Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian historian and politician, 1st President of Liberia († 1876)
- 1813 » John Snow, English physician and epidemiologist († 1858)
- 1818 » Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general and politician († 1924)
- 1821 » Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian physicist and chemist († 1895)
- 1821 » William Milligan, Scottish theologian, author, and educator († 1892)
- 1824 » Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart († 1907)
- 1859 » Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist and engineer (b. 1777)
- 1862 » Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist and paleontologist (b. 1800)
- 1863 » Lewis Armistead, American general (b. 1817)
- 1884 » Victor Massé, French composer (b. 1822)
- 1908 » Jonas Lie, Norwegian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1833)
- 1920 » Max Klinger, German painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
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